2008

July

• Bush declares progress in Iraq war

• Wave of “Capitol Crimes” Continues

• White House aides can be subpoenaed, court rules

• Poll: Obama leads McCain in Pennsylvania; McCain tied with Obama in Ohio, Florida

• Analysis: McCain tries to sow doubts about Obama

• Sen. Stevens faces arraignment in corruption case

• WALZ: BI-PARTISAN AND SWEEPING ENERGY LEGISLATION

• Democrats Call for Contempt Charges Against Rove

• Bush signs housing bill to provide mortgage relief

• Pentagon Discloses More on Electrocutions

• AF Exec Resigns Over Leadership Change

• Air Force Plans Altered Role in Iraq

• House Issues An Apology For Slavery

• Barack Obama tells House Democrats he’ll order review of White House executive orders

• Reactions to the 7-count indictment of Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens

• Hoping to calm critics of his attendance at Olympics, Bush meets Chinese activists

• Why should I believe your poll? As campaign heats up, questions and answers about polling

• Analysis: McCain tries to soothe tax-hike fears

• Dems wield oversight cudgel on Bush administration

• Senate Democrats urge EPA chief to resign over air pollution rulings, alleged false testimony

• House approves benefits for military veteran ‘sole survivors’

• Sharpton defends Jackson despite Obama comments

• Analysis: Stevens indictment adds to GOP troubles

• Obama Holds Meeting to Discuss Pressing Economic Challenges

• Ted Stevens indicted, longest-serving GOP senator

• Obama focusing on domestic economy and Pakistan

• McCain backs off his no-new-tax pledge

• Trade talks collapse as US feuds with China, India

• McCain campaign: Obama shortchanged injured troops

• Iowans to congressmen: Stop immigration raids

• Homeowner rescue awaits President Bush’s signature

• Election 2008: Minnesota Presidential Election

• Obama defends overseas trip, says it’ll help US

• U.S. House Weekly Summary

• Rice in diplomatic race against time

• FCC approves XM-Sirius satellite radio merger

• Obama, in London, meets Brown, Blair

• Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

• McCain struggles to be heard in face of Obama trip

• Obama to visit with Sarkozy in France today

• Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday

• McCain pulls even with Obama in Minnesota

• Analysis: Voting against Bush on housing easy for Republicans wanting to stroke GOP base

• Analysis: Bush’s policy shifts affect Obama

• Obama beats McCain in Europe donations

• Report urges overhauling how passports are issued

• AP: Food industry bitten by its lobbying success

• Secret Service wants more money for candidates

• Air Force missile launch crew fell asleep

• Obama urges Europeans, Americans to defeat terror

• Obama urges Germans to work with US to stop terror

• League of Rural Voters Joins Digital Television Campaign

• Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate

• Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers

• From the speeches of Barack Obama

• From the speeches of John McCain

• House approves $8 billion to shore up highway trust fund as it heads into the red

• How they voted: House roll call on housing bill

• First congressional hearing sparks heated debate on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy

• Political buzz on Pawlenty at fever pitch in veepstakes

• Obama in Europe; aims to raise European profile

• House committee probes medically unfit truckers

• McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge

• House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie

• Rice presses North Korea on nuclear program

• President Bush drops opposition to housing bill

• Obama tries to reassure Israelis and Palestinians

• Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever

• Rice meets with North Korean diplomat in Singapore

• House to vote on foreclosure rescue measure

• Barack Obama tours Holocaust memorial in Israel

• Is McCain close to choosing his VP?

• Democrats prepare for first hearing on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy

• Texas oilman tells Congress: Either build wind-power lines or get out of private sector’s way

• Analysis: Obama pledges engagement in Mideast

• Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough

• Obama: Iraq now needs a political solution

• A New Openness to Talks With That ‘Axis of Evil’

• Adwatch: McCain ad blames Obama for gas price hike

• State Department warns embassies to give only minimal aid to traveling presidential candidates

• On his last day in Iraq, Obama meets tribal leaders who joined fight against al-Qaida

• Obamamania in full flight ahead of tour of Europe

• Lawmakers move to curb Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac pay

• Obama visits former insurgent hotbed in Iraq

• Court tosses FCC ‘wardrobe malfunction’ fine

• Former bin Laden driver pleads not guilty

• Iraq sees hope of US troop withdrawal by 2010

• Detainee’s Trial in Military System Begins Today

• In Immigration Cases, Employers Feel the Pressure

• Obama opens Iraq tour with briefings on progress and question on pullout plans

• Barack Obama cuts back on spending in June as he builds up cash reserves

• Presidential candidates release details of their June fundraising

• McCain to speak on public service at national forum on anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

• League of Conservation Voters latest environmental group to endorse Democrat Barack Obama

• Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52

• Obama begins firsthand look at Baghdad

• Obama wants stronger steps so Pakistan cracks down on cross-border terrorist training camps

• Democrats Plan to Put Money on the Ground

• McCain paying down primary funds in advance of cap

• Obama has breakfast with troops; meets Karzai

• Electrical Risks at Iraq Bases Are Worse Than Said

• European Terrorist Trying to Enter US

• Raytheon Borrows From Gaming Technology

• No gas tax holiday — Congress considers raising pump tax to help repair crumbling highways

• Report: Iraqi PM agrees with Obama timetable, says US troops should leave as soon as possible

• Obama backs support in meeting with Afghan leaders

• As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts

• In Afghanistan, Obama visits troops and officials

• Analysis: New U.S.-Iraqi agreement could complicate Obama and McCain stances on Iraq war

• McCain adviser Gramm quits after ‘whiners’ remarks

• USAF chief: Homeland command is now grown up

• Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone

• Iraq crackdown focuses on arms smuggling from Iran

• Bush agrees to time ‘horizon’ on Iraq troop cuts

• Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style

• Bush heads West to raise money for GOP House candidates

• McCain TV ad hits Obama on Iraq policy

• McCain, Obama hedge on costly new Marine One

• Obama to meet with German leader Merkel

• Gore wants US to produce all power through Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years

• Ex-AG Ashcroft says he relied on Justice lawyers to decide how harshly to question terrorists

• Barack Obama says criticism of his wife is ‘infuriating,’ blames conservative news media

• Lawmakers propose curbing executives’ pay at mortgage giants, imposing cap to contain rescue

• McCain criticized Social Security as ‘a disgrace’ but still takes a check every month

• Obama’s trip: 1st high-profile step on world stage

• Ashcroft: ‘Not hard’ to reject interrogation memos

• White House threatens to veto oil drilling legislation

• US judge OKs first Guantanamo Bay detainee trial

• Obama campaign raised $52 million in June

• Democrats try to spur more oil exploration

• US judge to consider blocking 1st Guantanamo trial

• Senators to grill European bankers, US clients on offshore tax abuses that may total billions

• Gore sets ‘moon shot’ goal on climate change

• House passes intelligence bill demanding more access to spy secrets, despite Bush veto threat

• Federal judge rules against RNC protesters

• Democrats ask State to investigate whether employees encouraged Western oil deals with Iraq

• Obama predicts huge increase in black voters, opening up usually Republican Southern states

• As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answers

• Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak

• Obama warns against ‘fighting the last war’

• McCain at NAACP pledges more education options

• Minn. ‘Vets Only’ Camp Expands

• Medicare doctors won’t take pay cut after veto override

• New York Times/CBS Poll finds views of race relations little changed despite Obama’s candidacy

• Pawlenty raising bundles of cash for McCain

• Obama says New Yorker insulted Muslim Americans

• McCain pledging to NAACP more education options

• Democrats plan second economic stimulus bill

• Obama leads McCain in 3 separate national polls

• House votes to support sanctions against ruling junta in Myanmar

• Congress votes to override veto on Medicare bill

• McCain assailed for opposing adoptions by gays

• McCain: Use Iraq strategies in Afghanistan

• Bush: Troubled financial system is basically sound

• Obama says policy for war in Iraq not a sound strategy for keeping US safe

• Video of interrogation of Gitmo prisoner released

• DNC chief to embark on Southern bus tour, hoping to register voters to turn Dixie Democratic

• McCain touts free trade agenda to Hispanic group

• Obama sets stage for trip with major Iraq speech

• NASA engineers work on alternative moon rocket

• Report: Gov’t tardy securing radioactive material

• Obama tells NAACP blacks must take responsibility

• FAA re-evaluates JFK runway procedures

• Black activists say Obama must speak to all races

• Obama camp: Satirical magazine cover ‘tasteless’

• Obama would send 2 more brigades to Afghanistan

• Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling

• Obama to visit West Bank, Palestinian official says

• Army Passes on PTSD Trial Treatment

• Obama: My Plan for Iraq

• McCain surrogate says people aren’t paying much attention to ... surrogates

• Hispanic voters pose challenge in their diversity, making for awkward outreach by candidates

• Iran’s government denounces McCain’s remarks about exporting cigarettes to kill Iranians

• Obama mourns US troop deaths, swipes at McCain

• US pleased, worried, by newfound Iraqi confidence

• EPA Seeks Comment on Emissions Rules, Then Discredits Effort

• Germany Denies Being Pressured on Obama

• US Not Allowed to Hunt for Bin Laden?

• Judges Toss EPA Rule To Reduce Smog, Soot

• Clinton Urges Governors to Nurture ‘Laboratories of Democracy’

• U.S. Considers Increasing Pace of Iraq Pullout

• Look at Cheney’s health history over the years

• Cheney gets good news in checkup; heart beating normally for 67-year-old with 4 heart attacks

• Blame game: Bush, Democrats bicker over who’s to blame for skyrocketing energy prices

• Advocacy group seeks to press presidential candidates on issue of education

• Road still bumpy for McCain’s retooled bandwagon

• Obama says `little doubt’ country in recession

• Second near collision at JFK prompts changes

• Former Bush spokesman Tony Snow dies of cancer

• Senate passes mortgage rescue plan

• Hagel To Join Obama On Iraq Trip

• Obama dismisses conservative criticism

• Richardson: Hagel good fit for Obama’s Cabinet

• ‘Lob bombs’ new biggest worry for US in Baghdad

• New Health Reform Group to Spend $40 Million

• The French Lesson In Health Care

• Obama: Oil price is among most dangerous weapons

• Obama Fuels Pullout Debate With Remarks

• A look at key parts of House, Senate housing bills

• Foreclosure rescue to pass Senate; House next

• Federal Election Commission convenes for first time in months, names new chairman

• Senate confirms Gen. Petraeus as top commander in Middle East, Odierno to lead troops in Iraq

• McCain says government can’t allow mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to go under

• Republican John McCain distances himself from economic adviser who called Americans ‘whiners’

• Bush to veto bill protecting doctors from new Medicare pay cut; Congress has votes to override

• Karl Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify on allegations of political meddling at DOJ

• Bush signs new rules on government wiretapping

• General Misled Lawmakers on KBR Work, Senator Says

• Mortgage Crisis Hits Military Homefront

• Obama accepts Jackson’s apology for crude remark

• Obama — momentarily — forgets to urge donors to help Clinton retire campaign debt

• Tanker Decision Out of Air Force Hands

• Senate roll call on bill to overhaul rules on secret government eavesdropping

• House Democrats sidestep fights on energy, suspend budget spending bills

• Rev. Jesse Jackson apologizes after comment about Obama, black churches

• Homeless vets bill sails through House despite veto threat; Obama has similar Senate bill

• Kennedy Casts Key Vote as Medicare Bill Passes

• Obama, Clinton fly to NY with veep vetter

• Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill

• GOP sides with businesses over toxic trailers

• Bush to sign bill overhauling eavesdropping regs

• Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill

• Ailing Kennedy returns to the Senate for vote

• Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship

• US ground troops mostly done in Iraq in ‘09-general

• U.S. and Czechs Sign Accord on Missile Shield

• Obama says Iranian missile tests show need for more diplomacy, tougher threats of sanctions

• Obama expresses regret over TV interview of his children, plans to keep them out of spotlight

• Senate to pass bill overhauling eavesdropping rules

• Rethinking Immigration Reforms

• DoD Wants Less Deadly Cluster Bombs

• Cheney pushed for cutting health officials’ climate change testimony, former official says

• Waxman threatens Mukasey with contempt over Cheney’s FBI interview on CIA leak probe

• Probe: Medical suppliers reaped up to $93M in fraudulent Medicare claims using dead doctors

• McCain, Obama pitch economic plans to Hispanics

• Panel calls for new war powers legislation

• Obama proposes bankruptcy changes

• Sorry about that, Silvio

• AP-Yahoo News poll: More than ever, public sees Obama as agent of change, McCain as just old

• Study: Military gays don’t undermine unit cohesion

• Education makes a fleeting appearance in presidential campaign

• FEMA gives away $85 million of supplies for Katrina victims

• California dreaming _ can McCain win?

• McCain, Obama duel on economic fix-it plans

• Obama to accept nomination at football stadium

• Obama’s plane lands in St. Louis for maintenance

• Public sees Obama as agent of change, poll says

• McCain touts plan to create jobs, help workers

• Would McCain health proposals undermine employer-provided health insurance?

• Kerry says McCain lacks judgment to be president

• 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