U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis coasted to victory and a second term Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Bill Mitchell, a 61-year-old employment lawyer from Carrollwood. ...more

November 5, 2008

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis coasted to victory and a second term Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Bill Mitchell, a 61-year-old employment lawyer from Carrollwood. ...more

November 4, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama proposed more immediate steps Monday to heal the nation's ailing economy, including a 90-day moratorium on home foreclosures at some banks and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs. ...more

October 14, 2008

At a tumultuous meeting of anti-Vietnam War militants at the Chicago Coliseum in 1969, Bill Ayers helped found the radical Weathermen, launching a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol. ...more

October 4, 2008

After the House reversed course and gave final approval to the $700 billion economic bailout package, President Bush quickly signed it into law Friday, authorizing the Treasury to undertake what could become the most expensive government intervention in history. ...more

October 4, 2008

In their first debate of the 2008 presidential campaign, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama immediately discarded the scheduled topic of foreign affairs Friday night and waded into a discussion of the nation's financial crisis, with both saying they were optimistic that Congress would agree on a financial bailout plan in the coming days. ...more

September 27, 2008

WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis. ...more

September 26, 2008

Barack Obama received a minor fundraising bump after he named Joe Biden as his running mate but raked in huge sums after Republican rival John McCain named Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee. ...more

September 22, 2008

The vice presidential nominee you aren't hearing so much about, Democrat Joe Biden, is planning a more prominent role to help validate Barack Obama among white working-class voters and criticize the Republican rival he's long called a friend. ...more

September 14, 2008

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday he will tap his huge political network of donors and volunteers to help U.S. victims of Hurricane Gustav after it comes inland. ...more

August 31, 2008