2008

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