The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. ...more

July 20, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama has found something that eluded him during the primary season - contrast. ...more

July 13, 2008

Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. ...more

July 4, 2008

Police on Sunday were investigating vandals' spray-painting of dozens of city vehicles in Orlando, some with disparaging messages about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. ...more

June 30, 2008

The fundraising gap between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama narrowed in May as they raised nearly the same amount of money and ended the month in similar cash positions. ...more

June 22, 2008

Tom Brokaw lifted a bottle of Rolling Rock beer in tribute to fallen colleague Tim Russert, part of a day of tributes that brought the nation's top journalists and politicians and even Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain together. ...more

June 19, 2008

Yesterday's bra-burners are sizzling. Older Democratic women are angry about how Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was characterized in her historic bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. They're angry that the media - cable commentators, mostly - talked about her fat ankles, cleavage and clothes. And they're disappointed the younger generation failed to join arms with a sisterhood that's waged historic battles for women's rights. ...more

June 15, 2008

Name: Emily Yandle Age: 22 ...more

June 14, 2008

Rejected first draft of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's "concession" speech: ...more

June 11, 2008

First lady Laura Bush made an unusual foray into the U.S. presidential campaign, praising Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., here Monday for her "grit and strength" and coming to the defense of Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee. ...more

June 10, 2008