Sen. Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on high-income workers to ease Social Security's looming cash crunch. Sen. John McCain favors voluntary private accounts for younger wage earners, saying they can't count on the same government benefits as today's retirees. ...more

October 19, 2008

Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship of a pivotal voting constituency by vowing to revamp immigration policy. ...more

June 29, 2008

Republican John McCain's estimate of U.S. troop levels in Iraq touched off squabbling with Democrat Barack Obama on Friday, the latest turn in the presidential rivals' escalating disagreement over the war. ...more

May 31, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Sen. Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs. ...more

May 3, 2008

Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for political gain Monday night in a highly personal, finger-wagging debate that ranged from the war in Iraq to Bill Clinton's role in the campaign. ...more

January 22, 2008

Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama blamed aides and campaign surrogates Tuesday night for fueling a campaign controversy over race, jointly pledging on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. to put the matter behind them. ...more

January 16, 2008

Republican presidential rivals backed a blend of tax and spending cuts Thursday night to head off an election-year recession they generally agreed is avoidable. ...more

January 11, 2008

Wasteful spender or champion of fiscal restraint: GOP presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani accused one another of the former and claimed the latter Saturday. ...more

November 25, 2007

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, buoyed by strong support from Christian conservatives, has surged past three of his better-known presidential rivals and is now challenging former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the lead in the Iowa Republican caucuses, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. ...more

November 21, 2007

Republican Fred Thompson said Tuesday that the government should yank federal dollars from cities and states that don't report illegal immigrants. ...more

October 24, 2007