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  • Republican pesidential candidate John McCain speaks July 23 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. McCain said Friday he favors a trial for Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the fashion of the Nuremburg trials for Nazi leaders held after World War II.(AFP/Getty Images/William Thomas Cain)
    McCain rejects 'audacity of hopelessness' for Iraq Sat Jul 26, 12:28 AM ET

    DENVER - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, ridiculing Barack Obama for "the audacity of hopelessness" in his policies on Iraq, said Friday that the entire Middle East could have plunged into war had U.S. troops been withdrawn as his rival advocated.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center left, talks with Britain's Conservative Party leader David Cameron at the Houses of Parliament in London, Saturday, July 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Obama muses on need for time to think Sat Jul 26, 11:40 AM ET

    LONDON - Barack Obama endorses making time for thinking in the White House.

  • U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, are seen following their joint press conference after their meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
    Obama camp cites Pentagon in scrapping troop visit Sat Jul 26, 3:38 AM ET

    PARIS - An aide to Sen. Barack Obama said Friday the Democratic presidential contender believed he could visit wounded troops at a military hospital in Germany without involving them in a campaign controversy and scrapped his plans after the Pentagon raised concerns.

  • Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. arrives at Midway Airport in Chicago, Saturday, July 26, 2008.  .(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
    Today on the presidential campaign trail 1 hour, 29 minutes ago

    McCain campaign says Obama chose world leaders and speeches over 'injured American heroes' ... Obama rejects criticism of trip, says McCain moving his way on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... McCain marks anniversary of disabilities law by vowing to support bill to expand protections ...

  • Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the National Association of Latino elected and Appointed Officials Conference, Thursday, June 26, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    Analysis: Echoes of Clinton's campaign in race Fri Jul 25, 5:13 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - There's something familiar about this stage of the presidential campaign. A candidate running on inevitability. A candidate running on experience. A candidate complaining about a rival's media coverage.

  • Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,  speaks at the LIVESTRONG Summit at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, July 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    Wis. Democrats oust delegate over McCain support Fri Jul 25, 5:07 PM ET

    MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Democrats on Friday ousted a delegate to their national convention for saying she would vote for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain in November.

  • This image released by the Israeli newspaper Maariv friday July 25, 2008  and attributed to Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama shows a prayer the newspaper says Obama wrote and left in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, during a visit early Thursday, July 25, 2008.  A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, asking God to guide him and guard his family was published Friday in an Israeli paper. 'Lord — Protect my family and me,' the Democratic presidential candidate wrote in the note published in the Maariv daily. 'Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.' (AP Photo/Maariv)
    Israeli paper publishes Obama Western Wall prayer Fri Jul 25, 11:12 AM ET

    JERUSALEM - A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, asks God to guide him and guard his family, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.

  • US Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, waves as he arrives to make a speech in front of the Victory Column in Berlin. Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a new political generation.(AFP/DDP/Michael Kappeler)
    Obama beats McCain in Europe donations Fri Jul 25, 7:19 AM ET

    LONDON - Barack Obama's campaign has received roughly 10 times more money from declared U.S. donors living in Germany, France and Britain than his Republican rival, reflecting his popularity in Europe as he makes his first tour of the continent as the presumed Democratic nominee.

  • President Bush speaks about the USAID Freedom Agenda, Thursday, July 24, 2008, in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Analysis: Bush's policy shifts affect Obama Fri Jul 25, 5:13 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Barack Obama wants to sound like the voice of reason on U.S. foreign policy — the guy who would abandon Bush administration policies he sees as shortsighted, self-defeating or just plain wrong. Problem is, George Bush keeps beating him to it.

  • People wait for Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama to deliver his speech at the victory column (Siegessaeule) in Berlin July 24, 2008. (Michael Dalder/Reuters)
    Obama speech draws praise from chancellor's office Fri Jul 25, 8:03 AM ET

    BERLIN - Barack Obama's speech to a huge Berlin crowd sent a "positive signal" to Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said Friday, praising the Democratic presidential candidate's focus on working with U.S. partners.

  • Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, center, talks to the media before boarding a new Metro light rail train in Phoenix, in this July 10, 2008 file photo. Anna Gaines, a retired teacher, is leading an effort to recall Gordon, because, she said, illegal immigrants are committing crimes in Phoenix and Gordon isn't doing enough to fix the problem.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
    Allies of Phoenix mayor fight recall effort Fri Jul 25, 5:47 AM ET

    PHOENIX - It's a political oddity: a TV commercial extolling the public safety record of a sitting mayor, except the spot isn't soliciting votes and the politician's name isn't scheduled to appear on the November ballot.

  • A Secret Service agent watches as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) addresses a National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Washington, June 28, 2008. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (USA)
    AP Exclusive: Secret Service wants more money Fri Jul 25, 1:31 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during what has turned into an historic year for the agency's campaign security job.

  • Analysis: GOP chose base, not Bush in housing vote Fri Jul 25, 12:03 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Bush pulled the rug out from under Republicans this week when he abruptly dropped his opposition to a massive housing rescue.

  • Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives to deliver a speech at the Victory Column in Tiergarten Park in Berlin, July 24, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Voters greet Obama trip with praise, skepticism Thu Jul 24, 7:13 PM ET

    Calculated political ploy. Timely foreign outreach. A dash of each? Ask voters across the country about Barack Obama's image-packed week of foreign travel and you'll get a mix of admiration, suspicion, even a couple of bored shrugs.

  • U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has a coffee with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, unseen, in Perth, Western Australia Friday, July 25, 2008. Rice is making a brief semiformal visit to Australia at the invitation of Smith, who gave her a personal tour of his favorite sites in Perth. (AP Photo/John Mokrzycki, POOL)
    Rice unconcerned by freelance campaign diplomacy Fri Jul 25, 1:23 AM ET

    PERTH, Australia - If Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is worried that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is complicating the Bush administration's foreign policy with freelance campaign diplomacy, she isn't showing it.



  • LONDON - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan.




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    AP - Sat Jul 26, 11:00 PM ET
  • McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law AP - Sat Jul 26, 9:49 PM ET
  • Analysis: Obama treated like a president on tour AP - Sat Jul 26, 1:28 PM ET
  • Anti-immigration groups go green Politico - Sat Jul 26, 6:58 PM ET
  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., poses for photos at 10 Downing Street after a meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London, Saturday, July 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war AP - Sat Jul 26, 11:00 PM ET

    LONDON - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. holds up a hat given to him, Friday, July 25, 2008, during a campaign stop at the American GI Forum Convention in Denver. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law AP - Sat Jul 26, 9:49 PM ET

    COTTONWOOD, Ariz. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law

  • Today on the presidential campaign trail AP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

    McCain campaign says Obama chose world leaders and speeches over 'injured American heroes' ... Obama rejects criticism of trip, says McCain moving his way on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ... McCain marks anniversary of disabilities law by vowing to support bill to expand protections ...

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