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MILWAUKEE, Sept. 5 -- Their political coronations behind them, john mccain and Barack Obama began a two-month sprint to Election Day by attacking each other over a report that showed unemployment surging in an already unsteady economy.

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) did not know that the Caribbean resort villa he purchased 20 years ago was financed with a no-interest mortgage from the developer and has generated $75,000 in income that he should have reported on tax and financial disclosure forms, his lawyer said yesterday.

A federal appeals court granted the White House a temporary delay in turning over documents to a House committee investigating the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.

It was a nail-biter of a finish, but republican presidential candidate john mccain edged out Democratic candidate Barack Obama by 500,000 people to win the 2008 Presidential political Convention Ratings Race.

By the time he was captured last month, the man known among Iraqi insurgents as "the Tiger" had lost much of his bite. Abu Uthman, whose fierce attacks against U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians in Fallujah had earned him a top spot on Iraq's most-wanted list, had been reduced to shuttling between...

The White House yesterday disputed several elements of a new book detailing internal administration battles over Iraq, saying that a news story about the book wrongly portrays President Bush as detached from decision-making and misleading in his public statements about the war.

Republicans and Democrats have deeply contrasting first impressions of republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, suggesting partisanship, not gender, is paramount in the initial public reviews.

Aggressive riot police is a sign of the times, security officials say, but some say free speech is at stake.

It's over! The cheer-filled Xcel Center is now an empty cavern, and in the light of a new and quieter day officials assess a whirlwind.

AP - Flooding in Haiti from three major storms has killed scores of people and "washed away" progress toward dealing with ongoing food shortages, the top-ranking U.N. humanitarian official said Friday.