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The long wait is finally over for satellite radio customers as FCC approves merger in 3-2 vote. ...

Analysis: Echoes of Clinton's campaign in race - Added 6 weeks ago

!!-- pobj:CODEN101-0725081521 -->!!-- pobj:LON813-0725081646 -->There's something familiar about this stage of the presidential campaign. A candidate running on inevitability. A candidate running on experience. A...

Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support - Added 6 weeks ago

Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November. Embarrassed by a defection in their ranks, the...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 6 weeks ago

IN THE HEADLINES Obama says Iran should accept EU nuclear proposal and not wait for next US president ... McCain mocks Obama policy for Iraq as 'audacity of hopelessness' that could have lost the war ... German...

Israeli newspaper publishes Obama's private prayer - Added 6 weeks ago

An Israeli newspaper's decision to publish a handwritten prayer left by Barack Obama in the cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall drew criticism Friday as an invasion of his privacy and his relationship with God. In the...

Bush travels to Illinois for private fundraiser - Added 6 weeks ago

President Bush spent a second day this week traveling to raise money for Republicans, all out of public view. On Friday, the fundraiser Bush headlined was to help Republican Aaron Schock in his race for the House seat...

Obama speech draws praise from chancellor's office - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama's speech to a huge Berlin crowd sent a "positive signal" to Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Friday, praising the Democratic presidential candidate's focus on working with U.S....

Analysis: Bush's policy shifts affect Obama - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign policy _ the guy who would abandon Bush administration policies he sees as shortsighted, self-defeating or just plain wrong. Problem is, George Bush...

AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money - Added 6 weeks ago

!P>!!-- hobj:347 -->The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign...

Israelis, Palestinians: Mixed feelings about Obama - Added 6 weeks ago

Both Israelis and Palestinians came away from Barack Obama's visit to the Holy Land with the feeling he would do more for Mideast peace than President Bush has. But neither side seemed fully convinced that Obama would...

Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy - Added 6 weeks ago

If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is worried that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is complicating the Bush administration's foreign policy with freelance campaign diplomacy, she isn't showing it. In...

McCain visits German restaurant _ in Ohio - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German experience Thursday _ at a restaurant in Ohio. He asserted that he was happy to devote his time this week to touring the nation's heartland. "I'd love to...

Views of voters on Obama's overseas trip - Added 6 weeks ago

Quotes from people in the United States on Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's trip to Europe and the Middle East: ___ "This trip overseas has an opportunity to backfire on him, because it looks like...

Obama scraps visit to wounded US troops in Germany - Added 6 weeks ago

Sen. Barack Obama scrapped plans to visit wounded members of the armed forces in Germany as part of his overseas trip, a decision his campaign said was made because the Democratic presidential candidate thought it would...

Voters greet Obama trip with praise, skepticism - Added 6 weeks ago

Calculated political ploy. Timely foreign outreach. A dash of each? Ask voters across the country about Barack Obama's image-packed week of foreign travel and you'll get a mix of admiration, suspicion, even a couple of...

Today on the presidential campaign trail - Added 6 weeks ago

IN THE HEADLINES Obama tells enormous Berlin crowd there are more walls to be torn down in fighting extremism ... With Obama in Berlin, McCain visits German restaurant in Ohio ... Hagel calls on candidates to focus on...

Hagel chides candidates on Iraq - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, fresh from an Iraq trip with Democrat Barack Obama, said the presidential candidates should focus on the war's future and stop arguing over the success of last year's troop surge. Hagel...

Poll: Obama holds slight lead over McCain - Added 6 weeks ago

THE RACE: The presidential race nationally ___ THE NUMBERS: Democrat Barack Obama, 40 percent Republican John McCain, 37 percent ___ OF INTEREST: Independents are basically split between the candidates _ 32...

Poll: Split on New Yorker cover - Added 6 weeks ago

Add one more item to the long list of disagreements between Democrats and Republicans: Whether it was appropriate for The New Yorker magazine to publish a cover satirizing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...

Wanted: 2 million poll workers for November - Added 6 weeks ago

A federal commission is working to recruit 2 million poll workers for the November election to help handle what could be a record turnout for the presidential election. "We have seen historically high voter turnout...

McCain to meet with Dalai Lama - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is scheduled to meet with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, on Friday in Colorado. The two will meet in Aspen, where the Dalai Lama plans to address a symposium...

Poll: McCain closes in on Obama in some states - Added 6 weeks ago

THE RACE: The presidential race in Colorado ___ THE NUMBERS Republican John McCain, 46 percent Democrat Barack Obama, 44 percent ___ OF INTEREST: Obama led McCain by 5 percentage points in the same poll taken...

Poll: Latinos favor Obama by big margin - Added 6 weeks ago

Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released...

Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy - Added 6 weeks ago

If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is worried that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is complicating the Bush administration's foreign policy with freelance campaign diplomacy, she isn't showing it. In...

Key issues in US-German relations - Added 6 weeks ago

Key issues in relations between Germany and the United States as the 2008 U.S. presidential election approaches: _ CLIMATE CHANGE. Germany has been a leading force in European efforts to set targets for the reduction...

Famous US speeches in Berlin - Added 6 weeks ago

Berlin has been fertile ground for speeches by sitting U.S. presidents. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan are remembered for their bold declarations during the Cold War, and Bill Clinton made a simple declaration about...

McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the strategy...

Obama tells Israel he's committed to its security - Added 6 weeks ago

From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether...

Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp - Added 6 weeks ago

Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. Now 83, Payne is experiencing a...

Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own - Added 6 weeks ago

The rules in the Obama household for Malia and Sasha are clear-cut: _"No whining, arguing or annoying teasing," their mother, Michelle Obama, told People Magazine. _Make the bed. "Doesn't have to look good, just throw...

Veterans group hits McCain on troop pullout - Added 6 weeks ago

A veterans group critical of the war in Iraq accuses John McCain of wanting to occupy Iraq indefinitely, against the wishes of the country's leaders, in an ad that will air later this week. The group, VoteVets.org,...

Obama buys expensive ads for Olympics - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama is going for the gold. The Democratic presidential contender has decided to buy $5 million in national advertising on NBC during the broadcast of the Olympic games, an NBC spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday....

Obama visits Western Wall - Added 6 weeks ago

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall. Obama placed a small note inside a crevice in the ancient...

Obama pays visit to Jerusalem holy site - Added 6 weeks ago

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall. Obama placed a small note inside a crevice in the ancient...

Obama, McCain and their uneven gifts of gab - Added 6 weeks ago

If the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wrong time. Obama looks off into a heavenly distance...

Ad hits McCain on troop pullout - Added 6 weeks ago

A veterans group critical of the war in Iraq accuses John McCain of wanting to occupy Iraq indefinitely, against the wishes of the country's leaders, in an ad that will air later this week. The group, VoteVets.org,...

McCain has Berlin moment too _ in little Berlins - Added 6 weeks ago

John McCain can be a Berliner, too. The Republican National Committee decided to have a little fun with Barack Obama's widely anticipated speech Thursday at Berlin's Victory Column. It is airing anti-Obama ads in...

Obama calls Holocaust memorial 'a place of hope' - Added 6 weeks ago

Barack Obama on Wednesday pronounced Israel's memorial to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust "a place of hope" and a potent reminder of humankind's ability to "rise up from tragedy and remake our world." ...

Method for AP-Ipsos poll on top national problems - Added 6 weeks ago

The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on top national problems was conducted July 10-14, 2008, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 500 adults from all states. Digits in the...

Poll: Economy top issue; energy worries grow most - Added 6 weeks ago

What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them. The economy is the nation's top concern by far, but anxiety about energy has grown more since spring than any other issue while the focus...

Obama in his own words - Added 6 weeks ago

Quotes from Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting. ___ In his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, on July 27, 2004: "The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red...

McCain in his own words - Added 6 weeks ago

Quotes from John McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting. ___ After winning the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 8: "My friends, you know, I'm past the age when I can claim the noun 'kid,' no matter what adjective...

Obama daughters keep hectic schedules of their own - Added 6 weeks ago

The rules in the Obama household for Malia and Sasha are clear-cut: _"No whining, arguing or annoying teasing," their mother, Michelle Obama, told People Magazine. _Make the bed. "Doesn't have to look good, just throw...

Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp - Added 6 weeks ago

Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. Now 83, Payne is experiencing a...

Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp - Added 6 weeks ago

Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. Now 83, Payne is experiencing a...

Obama campaign: McCain flubs on Iraq timeline - Added 6 weeks ago

Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Democrat Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war. But Obama's campaign says McCain was wrong about the war's timeline during a nationally televised interview Tuesday....

Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough - Added 6 weeks ago

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to work for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations "starting from the minute I'm sworn into office." In a news conference before departing...

McCain may be zeroing in on a running mate - Added 6 weeks ago

Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president. So just what can John McCain do to draw attention away from his showy Democratic rival? Pick a running mate,...

Obama: Iraq now needs a political solution - Added 6 weeks ago

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama declined Tuesday to rate the Bush administration's troop surge in Iraq a success despite a reduction in violence, and expressed understanding of Gen. David Petraeus'...

Ron Paul's political event moves to larger venue - Added 6 weeks ago

Supporters of maverick Rep. Ron Paul who are organizing a rally as an alternative to the Republican National Convention are moving their crosstown event to a larger venue. The Rally for the Republic featuring Paul _...