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TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 6 -- Barack obama and John mccain brought the battle over who is better prepared to change Washington to a pair of states that will be critical to the November election, and they sought to win over voters eager to turn the page on eight years of the bush administration.

WASILLA, Alaska -- One Friday in June, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined the chief of the state prison system on a tour of the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm, a 90-minute drive north of Anchorage. It was a routine visit but for the presence of the governor's infant son, Trig.

The bush administration yesterday prepared to take over the troubled housing finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after concluding the companies don't have enough capital to continue to play their crucial role funding home mortgages.

The political convention season generated its usual share of outlandish spin, misleading rhetoric and outright fibs. The presidential and vice presidential nominees for both parties resorted to dubious arguments in attacking their opponents and promoting their own accomplishments and policy propo...

A suddenly unsettled presidential race will have a new variable added to the mix this week: Congress.

NYT: Adviser Steve Schmidt has been the catalyst behind the transformation of the mccain organization into the  elbows-out, risk-taking, disciplined machine on display at the GOP convention.

Barack obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cindy mccain or Michelle obama for the White House?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues....

AP - The banners, buttons and signs say mccain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.