2008

July

• Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration

• Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, says GOP blocking health care for military, elderly

• Veterans group plans million-dollar ad campaign touting successes of Iraq troop buildup

• Analysis: McCain struggles to regain footing

• AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq

• Obama: Media response to Iraq remarks overblown

• Obama and family spend Fourth of July in Montana

• House Leaders Question NORAD Move

• Support the Troops? Not in Iraq

• GI Bill: VA On How It Impacts You

• Senator suggests looking again at a national speed limit to cut gas use

• Panel Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal

• Minnesota Veterans Attend Obama Town Hall in Fargo

• Good News for Students – Loan Interest Rates Start Decreasing on July 1st

• Obama says Iraq trip could refine his policy

• McCain: Staff shake-up part of ‘natural evolution’

• White House says ruling could free detainees in US

• Obama Strives to Retain Some Flexibility on His Iraq Policy

• Obama: Service to be a cornerstone of presidency

• U.S. Agrees to Lift Immunity for Contractors in Iraq

• Conservative evangelical leaders discuss supporting McCain in spite of disagreements with him

• RNC to run its first ad of presidential campaign

• McCain aide takes over day-to-day campaign duties

• Poll: Public cool to Michelle, doesn’t know Cindy

• Not Winning the War on Drugs

• Gen. Clark won’t back off critique of McCain

• US politicians find ways to play on racial fears

• McCain to tour Colombian drug interdiction efforts

• New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory

• Obama to expand Bush’s faith based programs

• Cindy McCain settles debt with San Diego tax collector for oceanfront condo

• Obama’s sister reminds voters of his ties to Asia and Asian-Americans

• Obama to expand Bush’s faith-based programs

• McCain to talk free trade in Latin America

June

• Obama and Bill Clinton finally speak

• Obama: I will never question others’ patriotism

• It Was Oil, All Along

• Retired General: “The Current Administration Has Committed War Crimes”

• Pentagon offers grim look after 7 years of Afghan war

• Politicians play the blame game on cutting Medicare fees to doctors

• Many States Turning to Paper Ballots for Fall

• McCain Flip-Flops on Public Financing

• Gov. Bill Richardson promotes Barack Obama’s energy policy in Democratic radio address

• McCain, Obama court pivotal Hispanic voters in back-to-back speeches

• Libertarian Barr pesters McCain on his right flank

• Pawlenty boosts McCain on national TV

• Group with Clinton connections ready to back Obama

• Ret. Gen. Clark: McCain lacks command experience

• McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters

• AP NewsBreak: Barack Obama intends to visit Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan this summer

• Obama quietly visits wounded war veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, vows better care

• House panel subpoenas Justice Department for Bush, aides transcripts in CIA leak case

• Medicare pricing is frozen as Congress leaves town

• Reopening USDA settlement with black farmers could draw flood of lawsuits, cost billions

• McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers

• This summer may see first ice-free North Pole

• Supreme Court, long quiet, ends term with a growl

• Obama’s success fuels affirmative action’s foes

• House Call: We Cannot Drill Our Way to Energy Independence

• AFL-CIO endorses Obama for president as labor unites behind the Democratic candidate

• Poll: Obama leads McCain in swing states

• What’s Next for Gun Control?

• Michelle Obama says husband will fight for gay equality just as he pushed for economic change

• Congress passes Iraq war spending bill with new GI benefits, jobless aid

• David Addington, Cheney’s chief of staff, refuses to claim responsibility for harsh interrogations

• Senate delays vote on eavesdropping bill that immunizes telecoms that helped tap Americans

• Unemployed get another 13 weeks of benefits in Iraq war funding bill

• McCain backs gun decision, Obama straddles issue

• Obama, Clinton take first public step toward unity

• Gun ruling has Chicago thinking it’s next

• Supreme Court says Americans have right to guns

• ‘Ma Deuce’ Days May be Numbered

• Americans, Hurt by Rising Gas Prices, Curb Spending, Poll Finds

• Supreme Court Slashes Exxon Damages

• Senate negotiators announce tentative deal on $50 billion global AIDS bill

• Christian leaders, key to President Bush in 2004, might turn away from John McCain in 2008

• Navy disputes restrictions to protect whales

• Unbowed, politicians vow to execute child rapists

• Times poll: 75% blame Bush’s policies for deteriorating economy

• Lawmakers can’t agree on how to define illegal Internet gambling within online betting ban

• Top Democrat says US should restrict military aid for Pakistan, triple humanitarian efforts

• President Bush raises GOP cash in Michigan, throws punches at Democrats

• House agrees to expand disabilities law; Supreme Court decisions have limited protection

• Senate nears end of debate over surveillance bill

• McCain tries to balance offering energy solutions while seeking votes in California, Nevada

• Senate starting surveillance bill debate, expected to protect telecoms from lawsuits

• Congress protects 1 million acres near Grand Canyon from uranium mining

• Watchdog groups call on presidential candidates for more openness on fundraising

• Obama disagrees with court on child rape case

• Court bans death penalty for child rape

• Bush picks assistant commerce secretary to lead Small Business Administration

• House poised to provide tax relief to some 20 million people

• Scalia Cites False Information in Habeas Corpus Dissent

• Senator Feingold Will Filibuster FISA

• Billion-Dollar Babies: Five Stealth Pentagon Contractors Reaping Billions of Tax Dollars

• Voters split over McCain, Obama views on Iraq

• Senate may pass mortgage aid plan as soon as today

• Subcommittee votes to subpoena Rumsfeld aide over torture memo

• Clinton greeted with hugs, cheers as she returns to Senate after ending White House bid

• Democrats press ahead with budget hikes for veterans, education and homeland security

• The next Hollywood hit: a star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama, Democratic Party

• Lawmakers from both parties make first move toward blocking US-Russia nuclear deal

• Senate fills election commission vacancies, ending long stalemate that handcuffed agency

• Bill Clinton offers support to Obama

• House fails to move gas pump price gouging bill

• Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible

• McCain calls for energy efficient government

• Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test

• Next battle over border fence may be Texas

• NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’

• FISA Overhaul Set to Clear Senate

• Gas at $4 brings promises, pandering

• McCain disavows aide’s comment about terrorism

• Lawyers for the White House and Congress go to court over subpoenas of presidential aides

• Obama braces for race-based ads as GOP vows fair but tough campaign

• McCain offers $300 million for new auto battery

• Obama vows crackdown on energy speculators

• US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes

• US Asks to Rewrite Detainee Evidence

• At Odds With Air Force, Army Adds Its Own Aviation Unit

• Veepstakes: Who will, who won’t and who won’t say

• The Real McCain

• Barack Obama accuses John McCain of opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs

• GOP worries Bob Barr could play spoiler in presidential race, siphoning votes from McCain

• Newsweek poll has Obama with 15-point lead over McCain among registered voters

• Michelle Obama emphasizes support for workplace fairness, family friendly policies

• Analysis: McCain hampered by campaign missteps

• Administration asserts executive privilege to shield White House involvement in EPA decisions

• Democratic convention’s director of volunteers resigns, saying she wasn’t ‘empowered’

• NY’s Bloomberg defends Obama in front of Jewish audience in Florida

• Obama to campaign with former rival Hillary Clinton in step toward unifying Democrats

• House approves bill setting new surveillance rules that shield telecom companies from lawsuits

• Hagel says he’d consider VP offer from Obama

• McClellan: Bush must blame himself for mistrust

• House Passes Compromise Terror Surveillance Bill, Plan Heads to Senate

• McClellan Calls for White House Candor on CIA Leak

• Congress Posied to Grant Immunity Telcoms Spying Immunity

• In private meeting with Hispanic leaders, McCain says immigration reform to be top priority

• Barack Obama apologizes to Muslim women barred from sitting behind him at a campaign rally

• McCain reports more than $31 million in the bank at start of June

• McCain: Pawlenty has ‘big place’ in GOP future

• Sierra Club backs Obama, citing McCain’s oil drilling stance

• Senate remains deadlocked over $50 billion global AIDS bill

• AP Exclusive: Low approval rate for claims filed by vets of secret chemical and germ tests

• Telecom immunity from lawsuits over eavesdropping a part of bill updating surveillance law

• Highlights of bill funding Iraq war, new GI Bill and extension of unemployment benefits

• Adwatch: Obama emphasizes family, values in new ad

• Obama endorsed by AFSCME union, one of Clinton’s major backers

• McCain tours flood-damaged southeastern Iowa

• House prepares to debate new surveillance law

• With money, Obama to try to widen the battleground

• CIA Played Larger Role In Advising Pentagon

• Bush rallies behind McCain, helps raises $21.5 million for House and Senate candidates

• Foreclosure rescue headed for Senate vote could face slow going amid GOP objections

• Pawlenty tamps down veep talk

• McCain proposes building 45 new nuclear reactors to help reduce reliance on foreign oil

• Obama opts out of public campaign finance system

• House to vote on war funds, unemployment benefits

• Analysis: McCain challenges Obama on terrorism

• Bipartisan accord reached on war funding bill

• Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr

• With gas prices reaching record highs, Bush wants Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling

• Housing bill’s future in doubt as prominent Democratic senators defend preferential mortgages

• New Orleans congressman seeks re-election despite pending trial on federal corruption charges

• McCain ad puts distance with Bush on environment

• White House initiates development of environmental indicators, starting with water

• President Bush signs bill closing tax loophole used by defense contractors

• Findings of a Senate investigation on the Pentagon’s detainee policies

• Obama says he will help students pay for college as he recalls his own student loan debt

• Republicans block Senate consideration of tax credit bill

• Defiant Obama sharply rebukes McCain’s camp after being criticized about terrorism

• Democrats sue for investigation of McCain decision to reject public money for primary

• Obama to seek AFL-CIO, labor endorsements in meeting with leaders, hopes to unify labor

• McCain says windfall profits tax would worsen dependence on foreign oil

• US appeals court orders new trial for former Bush administration official in Abramoff scandal

• Poll: ABC News-Washington Post survey finds Obama slightly ahead of McCain

• Senate probe finds that Pentagon pursued abusive interrogation tactics US enemies once used

• AP: Exams prove abuse, torture in Iraq, Gitmo

• McCain hits Obama on windfall profits tax

• Obama rebukes McCain camp on terrorism criticism

• Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

• Wrongly Jailed Detainees Found Militancy at Guantanamo

• Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir

• AFSMCE and MoveOn together criticize McCain’s stance on Iraq war in new ad

• Probe: Officials warned about harsh interrogation

• Judge backs White House office in e-mail controversy

• Obama expands campaign staff, adds former Clinton campaign manager

• House committee subpoenas AG for FBI interviews of President Bush, Vice President Cheney

• Facing nearly $12 million budget shortfall, Dems cut convention events, eye Obama donors

• Veteran of Wellstone races to run Obama’s state campaign

• McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling

• Gore endorses Obama and attacks Bush in Detroit

• Military lawyers objected to harsh methods in 2002

• Obama, McCain see purple in Minnesota

• Obama camp sees possible win without Ohio, Fla.

• Iraqi foreign minister meets with Sen. McCain

• Obama tells black fathers to engage their children

• Lieberman irks Democrats by criticizing Obama

• Gun rights is biggest issue for court to decide

• McCain event canceled over fundraiser’s rape ‘joke’

• In battleground state, Obama touts economic plan

• North Dakota senator donates money after acknowledging special treatment from Countrywide

• Manufacturer of sock monkey named for Obama says no offense was intended

• Bush, in Paris, expresses concern for thousands of victims of record Midwestern floods

• Black conservatives conflicted on Obama campaign

• House GOP falls short on campaign cash

• Rasmussen: Minnesota Polling results (6-13-08)

• Presidential Poll (June 6-9, 2008)

• McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions

• House chairman threatens to hold administration officials in contempt over pollution documents

• John McCain to visit Minnesota next week

• Michelle Obama ends tough stretch with friendly crowd

• Democrats cut $6 billion from Bush’s defense, foreign aid budgets

• Appeals court says FEC rules need to rein in coordinated campaign spending further

• Host committee for Dem convention faces possible $15 million shortfall, cancels media event

• Republican John McCain calls Supreme Court decision on terrorist detainees ‘one of worst’

• Obama wants payroll tax on incomes above $250,000

• Calif prepares for busy week of same-sex marriages

• Weather favorable for shuttle Discovery’s return

• Bush criticizes Iran decision on nuclear program

• Obama site confronts rumors

• Bush says US wants partnership with Europe

• High Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again

• Astronauts get time off as flight winds down

• Analysis: Obama feels way in handling advisers

• Not all Democrats falling for Obama

• Senate GOP blocks oil taxes

• Security hole exposes utilities to Internet attack

• McCain says gas prices won’t drop and could rise

• With lab delivered, shuttle leaves space station

• EU summit is Bush’s first stop in last Europe trip

• Astronauts to finish tasks with new station lab

• Lawyer: Gitmo interrogators told to trash notes

• GOP and Dems look to shake up electoral map

• Bloomberg and ABC offer to host first proposed presidential town hall

• Pelosi: House Call - Funding Our Nation’s Priorities

• Analysis: Clinton reaches out to women

• Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Obama

• U.S. Not Seeking Permanent Iraq Bases, Ambassador Says

• Clinton to deliver on vow to strongly back Obama

• Clinton leaves behind a race for female voters

• Clinton poised to end historic presidential bid

• Europeans already looking past Bush

• Bush considers new measures to help battered economy as oil prices soar and stocks sink

• Democrats would take from insurers to help doctors avoid pay cut from Medicare

• Abiding by Obama rules, party returns some lobbyist and PAC money

• Vote on climate bill is blocked in Senate

• McCain runs new ad in battleground states

• Hillary Clinton expected to seek help from Barack Obama in reducing $30M campaign debt

• Conservative advocacy group plans automated telephone calls at Barack Obama in Illinois

• In Florida, Republican John McCain defends opposition to Everglades, hurricane insurance plans

• Highlights of Democratic budget plan

• US reopening investigation of government’s action in case of Canadian deported to Syria

• Barack Obama keeps Howard Dean as Democratic National Committee chair, bans lobbyist, PAC cash

• Schumer: Clinton would accept vice president offer

• Senate action on climate bill seems doomed

• Reports: Edwards rules out vice president slot

• Lawmakers Grill Officials Over Veterans’ Mental Health Care

• Air Force: Sensor moisture caused 1st B-2 crash

• Obama and Clinton meet, discuss uniting Democrats

• Spacewalking astronauts toil outside Japanese lab

• Obama revels in new status as presumed nominee

• Clinton disavows push to make her veep

• Accused 9/11 mastermind asks judge to be executed

• Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up

• Senate Panel Finds Iraq Intelligence Exaggerations

• McConnell willing to stay on as DNI during presidential transition

• Military interrogators lambasted for allowing Chinese officials into US prison

• Senate passes $3.1 trillion budget that leaves the hard choices for later

• A look at states likely to be the most competitive on Nov. 4

• DNC will no longer take lobbyist, PAC money consistent with Obama’s position

• Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US

• Guantanamo court day for alleged 9/11 mastermind

• Conventions enjoy big loophole in soft money limits

• Political fundraiser convicted in corruption trial

• Clinton decides to end campaign, support Obama

• McCain urges joint town halls with Obama

• Obama’s potential running mates

• McCain, Obama plunge into 5-month general election

• Obama clinches nomination; Clinton seeks VP spot

• Obama clinches Democratic nomination, plans celebration

• Clinton says she’s open to vice presidential spot if it would help Democrats win White House

• Waxman says FBI files could yield info about a possible Cheney role in leak of CIA agent’s ID

• House proposal requires federal agencies to set policies for civil servants to work at home

• Astronauts anchor lab to space station

• Priest who mocked Clinton told to take a leave

• AP tally: Obama clinches Democratic nomination

• Kennedy walking hospital halls after brain surgery

• Sen. Robert C. Byrd hospitalized after feeling ill at home

• Primary season ends with spotlight on Minnesota

• Clinton’s governors set to sell switch to Obama

• NASA robot scoops Martian soil for first time

• Discovery astronauts get ready for first spacewalk

• Primary season set to end with Obama poised to win

• With few options left, Hillary Rodham Clinton aims for undecided, Barack Obama superdelegates

• Shuttle astronauts perform cursory wing inspection

• Clinton ponders how to end historic candidacy with her dignity intact and future secure

• dwatch: Clinton ad claims she has largest popular vote, but count is debatable

• Poll: Name recognition helps Clinton in Puerto Rico Democratic primary

• Details for Tuesday’s 2 remaining presidential primaries in Mont., SD

• Obama’s Michigan game plan is not likely to have Detroit’s embattled mayor at the center of it

• McClellan: Bush should have fired Rove

• Clinton wins Puerto Rico primary

• Decision of Florida and Michigan

• Senate takes up historic climate bill amid worries about costs

• Clinton defies party leaders; eyes Puerto Rico win

May

• Shuttle Discovery blasts off for space station

• Obama quits Chicago church after long controversy

• Officials say Fla., Mich. delegates will get half-votes

• Obama sets rally for site of GOP national convention in St. Paul, Minn.

• Bush gives Congress a to-do list for lawmakers to tackle once they return from break

• Democrats consider Fla., Mich. delegate plans

• Democrats Meet Today To Hash Out Fla., Mich.

• Obama, Clinton end their marathon in nation’s last Democratic primary in Montana

• Obama will appear at Xcel on Tuesday, may claim victory

• Analysis: US terrorism list also a political tool

• Democratic panel considers delegate plans

• On table Saturday: Disputed delegates

• McClellan book shows a culture of secrecy under President Bush

• Numbers from the Democratic presidential primary race

• Chicago priest who mocked Clinton from pulpit has had a long relationship with Obama

• Clinton’s next step could be back to the Senate as just 1 in 100, but for how long?

• McCain, Obama campaigns squabble over GOP candidate’s number on US troops in Iraq

• Clinton expects superdelegates to decide next week

• Marines pass out Gospel verse to Iraqi Muslims

• Marine Reassigned Over Coin Flap

• Insurgents Hide in Tanker and Marines Hand Out Biblical Verse

• Was Press a War ‘Enabler’? Two Nod “YES” From Inside

• Texas Democratic Party chairman, wife endorse Obama as he closes in on nomination

• Pelosi, Obama, Hillary Clinton edging out Ted Kennedy as favorite bogeyman of conservatives

• McClellan feels heat from ex-mates

• Hillary Clinton supporters mobilize in Washington in push to seat Michigan, Florida delegates

• 20 former prosecutors say court should settle White House subpoena case

• Obama campaign used party rules to foil Clinton

• Fulbright scholarships canceled for 8 Gaza students

• Top Dems to push for swift end to primary race

• Army suicides reported up again at 115 in 2007

• Mich. DNC member: Plan to split delegates flawed

• Poll: Obama has clear national lead over Clinton as final Democratic primaries approach

• Obama’s doctor: Democrat is in ‘excellent health’

• Chief of staff: Army reviewing bullet complaints

• Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’

• US to Withdraw 4,000 Troops From Iraq

• Human Rights Report Assails U.S.

• DNC Lawyers Rule Against Clinton

• For McCain, A Switch On Telecom Immunity?

• McCain’s nuclear policies largely in line with Bush’s; even their differences are mushy

• Is former Dem presidential nominee Kerry angling to be Obama’s secretary of state?

• Conservative ‘Blue Dogs’ chase GOP seats, boosting party and their own influence

• All 3 presidential candidates pledge to seek an end to violence in Darfur if elected

• Democrats seek compromise to delegate dispute

• Clinton presses on as primary season nears end

• McClellan says he believed in Bush as war started

• Former spokesman bashes Bush in new book

• Government’s gene guru to resign

• Marine goes on trial on obstruction charges

• Intelligence agencies in turf war

• FEMA closing trailer parks on eve of hurricane season

• Treaty seeks to ban cluster bombs within 8 years

• Bush: US ‘learning as we go’ in Iraq, Afghanistan

• McCain, Bush largely similar on nuclear policies

• White House puzzled about ex-aide’s scathing book

• Former press secretary’s book bashes Bush

• Bush says Iraq, Afghanistan require same patience as post-World War II Japan and Germany

• McCain prides himself on transparency but closes fundraisers to media and public

• Adwatch: McCain runs ads in Mich., Pa. aimed at attracting middle-class workers

• Kennedy was working on major cancer bill in Senate before brain tumor diagnosis

• Senate chairman says US should rethink aid program unless Pakistan strengthens anti-terrorism

• Clinton still insists she’s more electable

• Dem lawyers: Fla., Mich. can’t be fully restored

• McCain to visit Minnesota

• McCain: US, China could stop making nuke bomb fuel

• Glitch delays plan for maneuvering Mars lander arm

• Wartime PTSD cases jumped roughly 50 pct. in 2007

• President Bush begins fundraising tour for John McCain in Phoenix

• Looking toward fall, Obama signals he’ll fight for Western states that went to GOP in 2004

• A decades-long streak of high ambition is waning for the Clintons

• Mars lander completes first day on Red Planet

• McCain, Obama begin battle for Western states

• Bush pays tribute to troops on Memorial Day

• Clintons campaign in Puerto Rico; Obama in NM

• US uses bullets ill-suited for new ways of war

• Worries in GOP About Disarray in McCain Camp

• Last remaining superpower—emphasis on ‘remaining’

• Gen. Casey praises new cannon in Minnesota

• Obama urges Wesleyan grads to enter public service

• Spacecraft reveals look at Mars’ polar region

• Rove says courts will have to decide his subpoena in Justice Department probe

• Libertarian Party picks former GOP Rep. Bob Barr as presidential candidate

• Clinton speaks of faith in face of adversity

• NASA spacecraft successfully lands on Mars

• Generals See Hope for Troop Reductions by Fall

• Controversial Contractor’s Iraq Work Is Split Up

• Clinton: Democratic nomination process needs to change

• Obama picks up delegates in Georgia, Alaska and Wyoming; Clinton gains 1, loses 1

• In visit to Puerto Rico, Obama criticizes McCain for not supporting new GI Bill

• Obama picks up 4 delegates

• Veterans’ burials nonstop at national cemeteries

• Augsburg boasts discovery of biodiesel ‘miracle’

• Host committee for RNC disappointed with lack of state help

• Minnesotan appointed to FEC lands in middle of political scrap

• Bush pleads with Congress to pass free-trade pacts with 3 nations

• Controversial televangelist says parting with McCain is ‘best for both of us’

• 19-year-old Army private who jumped on grenade in Iraq is to receive Medal of Honor

• EPA tests plans to protect water from terrorists

• Cindy McCain had $6 million income in 2006

• Clinton regrets RFK assassination remark

• Demand grows for remote-controlled drones on front lines

• Algae: The Key To Energy Independence?

• 110th Congress: New Direction for America

• Nancy Pelosi: House Call

• Congress sends Bush a $2 billion tax relief package to aid military families

• Republicans would allow FISA court to decide wiretapping lawsuits against telecoms

• McCain raises Obama’s lack of military service

• Obama makes passionate plea to Jewish voters amid concerns about support in key bloc

• Audit of $8B in contractor payments finds nearly every transaction lacked proper paper trail

• Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, in good health

• Congress enacts $290B farm bill over Bush veto

• Activist goes to court to ask that Bush be arrested at convention

• Highlights of Senate Iraq war funding bill

• House panel subpoenas Karl Rove in inquiry of political meddling at Justice Department

• Officials: Obama begins veep search

• Gas tops $3.83 as early holiday travelers hit road

• Senate passes Iraq war funding bill with add-ons

• Candidates seek centrist answers in Iraq

• Thinking the unthinkable: Who follows Ted Kennedy?

• After gaffe, Democrats planning to redo farm bill

• House passes $54 billion in tax breaks, alternative energy incentives

• Obama faults McCain; Clinton mulls delegate fight

• Deal allows for Senate vote on war funding

• Federal court rules against military gays policy

• Mix-up throws House veto override in doubt

• Obama, Clinton campaigning in Florida after trading primary wins

• FBI Warnings on Interrogations Ignored

• New Devices Spell Relief for Pilots

• Democrats unveil compromise budget plan that puts off major decisions until next year

• McCain adviser departs, saying he would not take on Obama

• AP NewsBreak: Top Obama organizer in discussions to run the Democratic Party

• Analysis: Race draws to end, time for legacies

• Obama, McCain hold cash while Clinton sees debt

• Sen. Kennedy’s family reeling after grim diagnosis

• In run-up to Memorial Day, House provides financial, tax relief to military

• House passes bill authorizing US antitrust action against OPEC oil cartel

• Obama, Clinton return to Fla. 9 months after they halted public events over primary dispute

• Kennedy diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer, making survival odds grim

• National Republican committee has $40 million to Democrats’ $4.4 million

• Clinton wins Kentucky, Obama nomination leader

• Court says money discriminates against blind people

• Sen. Edward Kennedy has malignant brain tumor

• Senate loads war funding bill with domestic programs

• Obama seeks delegate majority in Ore., Ky. primaries

• Political Play of the Day: Obama joins native Americans, gets new name

• Longtime Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia endorses Obama

• Kennedy’s extended hospital stay raises questions about illness’ severity

• Not so fast, Clinton says to Obama — there’s no Democratic nominee yet

• If not Hillary then…President Klobuchar?

• Analysis: Flap conflicts with McCain’s image

• Former Clinton aide, Obama strategist in talks

• Obama to reach delegate milestone Tuesday

• Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments

• Supreme Court upholds part of anti-child porn law

• V.A. Disavows Combat Stress Memo

• New House Foreign Affairs chair moves out from behind the scenes

• Kennedy awaiting test results at Boston hospital

• Bush wraps up Mideast trip with bit of thud, analysts say

• McCain’s national finance co-chair exits over lobbyist ties

• BIDEN Announces Four-Part Plan for Addressing Global Food Crisis

• Biden rips Bush

• Obama developing a McCain strategy before winning nomination

• Republican John McCain pokes fun at his own age on ‘Saturday Night Live’

• Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds

• Sen. Kennedy recovering in hospital after seizure

• Poll: Minnesotans back Obama or Clinton over McCain

• Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy is ‘conscious, talking’

• Clinton’s female supporters saddened as chance to elect a woman president slips away

• Presidential candidates respond to Sen. Kennedy’s hospitalization

• Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with seizure

• McCain asks staff to disclose lobbying connections

• Analysis: Learning from ‘Swiftboat,’ Obama reacts fast, fiercely to Bush, McCain

• Republican Mike Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Barack Obama during speech to NRA convention

• House Speaker Pelosi makes visit to Iraq

• Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast peace dispute

• Intel agencies seek help recruiting new immigrants

• Obama criticizes McCain for ‘naive’ foreign policy

• Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices

• Senate Rejects Media Consolidation

• House News 5/16/08

• Democrats accuse McCain of hypocrisy on Hamas

• Democratic Party panel members show little interest in Clinton’s call to seat disputed delegates

• After GOP stumbles in the South, Barack Obama warns Republicans about critical ads

• Bush asks Saudis to increase oil production

• Tennessee GOP video takes Michelle Obama to task for ‘proud’ remark; Dems call it a smear

• Fight over financing snags homeowner rescue deal

• Defense contractors, insurance firms make millions off loose Iraq insurance rules

• House rejects funding for Iraq, Afghanistan wars as Republicans sit out vote in protest

• AP IMPACT: Portrait of the candidate as a young man: Obama in California, New York

• Clinton says McCain’s opposition to farm bill a slap at rural America

• How they voted: Senate roll call on farm subsidies, food stamps bill

• Union tide turning for Barack Obama as he tries to cement Democratic presidential nomination

• McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013