West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant's rendition of "Country Roads" helped the state become the site for a national conference in 2011. ...more

February 12, 2009

The thaw in the resentful relationship between the most powerful woman in the Democratic party and her younger male rival began at the party's convention this summer, when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave such a passionate speech supporting Barack Obama that his top aides leapt out of their chairs backstage to give her a standing ovation as she swept past. ...more

November 24, 2008

WASHINGTON — The first presidential debate of the 2008 general election began as an assertion-laden exchange, with Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain confronting each other with claims ranging from the financial crisis to taxes. Some left out key facts. ...more

September 26, 2008

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is looking to the past for lessons on how to make next month's Mideast peace conference a success. ...more

October 28, 2007

A House panel voted Wednesday to approve calling the mass killings of Armenians that began in 1915 genocide, defying the White House, which warned that the measure would damage U.S.-Turkey relations. ...more

October 11, 2007