To Barack Obama's thrust that John McCain is running for George W. Bush's third term, McCain parries that Obama is running from Jimmy Carter's second. We are supposed to cringle in horror at the prospect. ...more

June 28, 2008

WASHINGTON - One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench Monday with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. ...more

June 15, 2008

In a banner fundraising year for Democrats, the struggles of the Democratic National Committee to stockpile cash are frustrating party leaders and complicating efforts to define Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. ...more

May 27, 2008

Democrats in the midst of their own roiling presidential nomination fight followed President Bush's State of the Union address not so much with a response as with their own theme of bipartisan cooperation. ...more

January 29, 2008

President Bush signed a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement Friday, paving the way for stronger economic ties with the Andean nation and boosting the administration's efforts to shore up relations with Latin America. ...more

December 15, 2007

Congress on Thursday approved legislation adding 4 million children to a popular health care program, setting up a veto fight that President Bush will probably win but that would hand Democrats a campaign issue for next year's elections. ...more

September 28, 2007

The House voted Tuesday to expand health insurance for children, but the Democratic-led victory may prove short-lived because the margin was too small to override President Bush's promised veto. ...more

September 26, 2007