2 hours, 18 minutes ago
(AP) Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she wasn't ceding Oregon _ or the nomination _ to opponent Barack Obama, who is heavily favored to collect another victory here next week as he comes closer to winning the Democratic nomination."I've been declared dead so many times, and luckily it's been premature, ...
4 hours, 43 minutes ago
(AP) Former Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate and an early backer of Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined a noisy rally for Barack Obama on Friday night, describing the Illinois senator as a "ripple of hope" who can win the White House.McGovern has shifted his allegiance to Obama and suggested ...
6 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" _ Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.___CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla.; Republican strategist Ed Rollins; former Govs. Mario Cuomo, D-N.Y., and Roy Romer, D-Colo.___NBC's "Meet the Press" _ Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; former ...
6 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) Soon after taking office, the next president will get some advice about how to prevent a nuclear attack on the U.S., researched and written by top experts on weapons of mass destruction.Over the next six months, a congressionally mandated commission will look at the federal government's myriad of WMD programs ...
6 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will visit four nations in the Middle East later this month to discuss foreign investment, the fight against terrorist financing and Iran.The Treasury Department said Friday that Paulson will visit the region from May 30 to June 2 for stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and ...
6 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) Supplies from U.S. relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Myanmar's disastrous cyclone, the State Department said.Spokesman Sean McCormack said direct distribution also was being sought for as many as five flights during the weekend.U.S. C-130 cargo planes began flying aid to ...
7 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) An anti-war Democratic congressman backed off complaints about Defense Department personnel watching a House vote after the Pentagon told him they were students from the Army War College.Northern California Rep. Pete Stark wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday demanding to know what the uniformed personnel were doing in ...
7 hours, 28 minutes ago
(AP) The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits ...
7 hours, 38 minutes ago
(AP) John McCain's campaign is asking staff members to disclose all previous lobbying ties following the resignation of two officials linked to a firm that worked for Myanmar's military junta.A memo from McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, also instructs staff to make certain they are no longer registered as lobbyists or ...
7 hours, 38 minutes ago
(AP) Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton unveiled three new ads Friday in the upcoming primary states of Oregon and Kentucky, including one that pokes fun at Washington pundits fixated on the presidential horse race.Shrugging off rival Barack Obama's formidable delegate lead, Clinton coupled the release of the ads with campaign appearances in ...
7 hours, 38 minutes ago
(AP) Courting his sometime critics within the gun lobby, John McCain told the National Rifle Association on Friday that Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton would both undermine the rights of gun owners."If either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama is elected president, the rights of law-abiding gun owners will be ...
8 hours, 3 minutes ago
(AP) Beyond the confines of the Barack Obama and John McCain presidential campaigns, independent groups are planting the seeds of the left- and right-wing attack ads that could help define the coming general election contest.Ads portraying Obama as weak on terrorism are circulating over the Internet. Messages from organized groups questioning ...
8 hours, 3 minutes ago
(AP) In President Bush's hint that Barack Obama wants to appease terrorists, Democrats heard troubling echoes of 2004, when Republicans portrayed John Kerry as irresolute and weak on national security.Determined to end the similarities there, Obama and his allies counterattacked Friday with a multi-pronged response that was as fast and fierce ...
8 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.Bush got a red-carpet welcome to this desert kingdom, home to the ...
8 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) Two congressional committee chairmen said Friday they plan to investigate whether there were broader motives behind a Veterans Affairs Department employee's e-mailed suggestion to diagnose veterans with mental disorders that have a lower disability payout.Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, said he has asked ...
8 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) Republican Mike Huckabee responded to an offstage noise during his speech to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him.Hearing a loud noise and interrupting his speech, Huckabee said: "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped ...
8 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) The United States said Friday it has reached a deal with North Korea to provide more than 500,000 tons of food aid over the coming year to the closed-off communist nation.The Bush administration says the aid is unrelated to its nuclear disarmament deal with Pyongyang, although both have involved an ...
8 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.Lumping McCain together with President Bush, Obama declared: ...
9 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) No question about it: President Bush hasn't given reporters a chance to ask him anything on this Mideast journey.On foreign trips, Bush often holds mini-news conferences with his hosts during which two U.S. reporters and two local media representatives get to ask questions. Yet there is not a single such ...
9 hours, 33 minutes ago
(AP) An anti-war Democratic congressman is demanding to know why there were uniformed Defense Department personnel watching House proceedings from a public gallery Thursday, who they were and what they were doing."If they were here on official duty, this was an abhorrent misallocation of our military resources at a time of ...
10 hours, 23 minutes ago
(AP) The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits ...
10 hours, 48 minutes ago
(AP) The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits ...
10 hours, 53 minutes ago
(AP) The political fortunes of Democrats down South once were so bad that people openly joked even Jesus Christ would lose by a double-digit margin if he ran for office on the party's ticket.It might be time to put that joke to rest.In special elections recently, Democrats snatched away two congressional ...
11 hours, 13 minutes ago
(AP) After running one of Silicon Valley's powerhouse companies for six years, Carly Fiorina now has her sights set on the White House.Not for her _ not yet, at least. But for John McCain.Fiorina, 53, joined the Republican senator's presidential campaign this spring. She brings with her a long list of ...
11 hours, 13 minutes ago
(AP) There's a limit to how far John McCain will go to win over young voters. Wearing a dress on national television crosses that line.The 71-year-old grandfather and Republican presidential contender said he hopes to use his appearance this week on "Saturday Night Live" to reach out for the youth vote."I ...
