WASHINGTON - For President Bush, it's not a question of whether he will veto a congressional measure calling for withdrawing troops from Iraq, but rather when he will do it.
Ex-CIA chief discusses intelligence failures.
For the first time Obama pulls ahead of Clinton, poll says.
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - As they consider filling the world's most powerful job in 2008, many Democrats appear to prefer presidential candidates with the most inspiring vision to those with the widest experience in elected office.
With the so-called money primary having been wrapped up earlier this month with the disclosures of the first presidential fundraising reports--and with the results having boosted the prospects of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and eliminated any aura of inevitability around New York Sen. Hillary Clinton--the "ideas" primary is expected to formally get underway tonight with the first Democratic presidential debate for 2008.
ELKO, Nev. - Sen. John McCain touted his experience and Western roots in his bid for the White House during a brief campaign stop Saturday in this rural, Republican-friendly Nevada enclave.
MIAMI - President Bush, pushing for a hard-to-find breakthrough on a broad immigration overhaul, appealed to graduating college students in this diverse city Saturday for help in persuading Congress to produce a bill.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Friday accused his Democratic rivals of embracing health care plans that would amount to socialized medicine.
WASHINGTON - For President Bush, it's not a question of whether he will veto a congressional measure calling for withdrawing troops from Iraq, but rather when he will do it.
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday he wants to work with Democrats on compromise legislation to pay for the Iraq war but will carry through on his threat to veto any spending bill that sets a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal.
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Tony Snow was back on the job Monday, five weeks after doctors discovered a recurrence of his cancer. He said he would soon undergo chemotherapy "just to make sure we've got the thing knocked out."
WASHINGTON - President Bush and congressional Democrats don't agree about much when it comes to the Iraq war, but one of the areas where they disagree the least is the need to measure the Baghdad government's progress.
WASHINGTON - President Bush and European leaders claimed progress Monday in the effort to reduce global warming, largely by agreeing that climate change requires global action without infringing on the rights of nations to choose their own strategies.
WASHINGTON - Anti-war legislation on the way to President Bush for his promised veto represents a rare rebuke by Congress of a large and ongoing ground conflict, even eclipsing challenges made during the Vietnam War.
Examples of legislation sent to a president demanding an end to U.S. military missions:
WASHINGTON - Sen. Tim Johnson has returned to his residence outside Washington, more than four months after he suffered a brain hemorrhage, his office said Monday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Lawmakers in the US Congress will send their controversial Iraq war funding bill, with a timetable for withdrawing US troops from the country, to the desk of President George W. Bush on Tuesday, sources in the House of Representatives said.
WASHINGTON - President Bush will not sign any war spending bill that penalizes Iraq's government for failing to make progress, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, a fresh warning to Congress about challenging him.
WASHINGTON - A new phone number will make it easier to "call before you dig" in your yard and avoid hitting electric, gas or cable lines.
WASHINGTON - Six months after the fiery plane crash that killed New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, there is scant hard evidence to explain exactly what led to the accident in the heart of New York City.
NEW YORK - Former CIA Director George Tenet says the United States needs to revitalize the Palestinian-Israeli peace effort and do a better job leveraging its own diplomatic and economic strength to offset Iran's growing influence in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON - Beefed up oversight of the safety of drugs is in, but generic biotech drugs are out — for now — as the Senate began debate Monday on renewing fees paid by the pharmaceutical companies seeking approval for new medicines.
WASHINGTON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday officially handed over to the United States the 500-year-old map that was the first to tell the world of a new land it called America.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and visiting European leaders agreed Monday to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but were deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply.
WASHINGTON - President Bush and European leaders claimed progress Monday in the effort to reduce global warming, largely by agreeing that climate change requires global action without infringing on the rights of nations to choose their own strategies.
LONDON (Reuters) - Senior officials of six world powers will meet in London on Wednesday to review Iran's nuclear plans following renewed talks between the European Union and Tehran, Britain said on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union signed a landmark air services agreement on Monday, opening up transatlantic markets to more competition beginning next year.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and European Union formally signed an "open skies" accord Monday aimed at opening up more competition in transatlantic aviation.
WASHINGTON - Police may use tactics that put fleeing suspects at risk of death to end high-speed car chases, the Supreme Court said Monday in ruling against a Georgia teenager who was paralyzed after his car was run off the road.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier to invalidate patents, scaling back a legal test that has fueled an era of protection for new products.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A police officer who deliberately rammed a car he was chasing, leaving the 19-year-old driver disabled, acted lawfully to protect others from harm, the US Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday, finding that U.S. patent law doesn't apply to software sent to foreign countries.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that ATT could not extend its patent complaint with Microsoft past US borders in a welcomed precedent for US firms doing business abroad.
WASHINGTON - The State Department has once again designated Iran as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, accusing the Islamic Republic of aiding extremists throughout the Middle East, particularly in Iraq.
WASHINGTON - Looking for a stately home or opulent office overseas? One in a posh neighborhood or overlooking an exotic capital? Maybe with a glorious or infamous past? The U.S. government may have a deal for you.
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gave two top aides authority to hire and fire political appointees other than U.S. attorneys, according to a Justice Department order obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
NEW YORK - For the first time in history, a woman has the visibility, the reputation and the cash to make a serious run at the presidency.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday, finding that U.S. patent law doesn't apply to software sent to foreign countries.
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