McCain campaign is reviewing bundler's donations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain's campaign began on Thursday to review donations brought in by a prominent Florida businessman following disclosures that his business partner, a foreign national, also may have engaged in fundraising....
Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama
MIAMI (AP) -- A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama....
McCain says Obama wants to forfeit war in Iraq
LIMA, Ohio (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has contended that Barack Obama is willing to lose in Iraq to win the election, on Thursday said his rival would forfeit the war as part of an agenda that also promotes big government and high taxes....
Obama rejects talk of trouble from Clinton backers
CHICAGO (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton....
Island life in multiracial Hawaii shaped Obama
HONOLULU (AP) -- The diverse culture of the nation's 50th state - and the island nature of Hawaii itself - shaped Barack Obama's view of the world and the politics he would practice....
Gasoline costs, energy rivet candidates' attention
WASHINGTON (AP) -- To understand why Barack Obama and John McCain are emphasizing solutions to the country's energy woes and have scrambled to change their positions, look no further than the voters' distress over $4-a-gallon gasoline and its wide ripple effect....
Clinton aims to soothe delegates at Dem convention
DENVER (AP) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking a way for her delegates to be heard at the Democratic National Convention, telling supporters such a step will help unify a party that split between her and Sen. Barack Obama during their hard-fought nominating contest....
McCain says he'd push Congress to vote on energy
JACKSON, Ohio (AP) -- Republican candidate John McCain on Wednesday called on Congress to return from its summer recess to address immediately the U.S. energy crisis, though he missed numerous energy-related votes in the Senate last year....