McCain to do ‘Service to America’ tour
by David Nitkin Republican John McCain's campaign moves into a new gear next week, with a series of speeches in six places the Arizona senator has lived and worked designed...
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Bush ‘grieved’ by 4,000 deaths in Iraq
by David Nitkin President Bush is "grieved by the moment" as the U.S. military death toll in Iraq surpassed 4,000, his spokeswoman said today. "He obviously is grieved by the...
In New Hampshire, Giuliani stays on message
by David Nitkin Rudy Giuliani figured out a way to get a whole state to himself. The former New York City mayor is the only presidential candidate spending the day...
Bush not in (answer) giving mood with reporters
by David Nitkin 'Tis the season to duck questions. There were topics aplenty that Bush refused to talk about today during his hastily called final news conference of the year....
Bush awaits Mitchell’s baseball steroid report
by David Nitkin Like the rest of a baseball-loving nation, President Bush is awaiting the results of former Sen. George Mitchell's steroid investigation. The president has not seen an advance...
Ready for the real White House debates?
by David Nitkin Just when it seemed as if the presidential debates might be coming to an end, a new crop has been announced. The Commission on Presidential Debates disclosed...
Bush invites Gore to White House Nobel ceremony
by David Nitkin It should be interesting inside the White House on Monday, Nov. 26, when the contestants in the close-as-can-be 2000 presidential election come face to face. The White...
OMB chief says Iraq war cost estimate ‘partisan’
by David Nitkin Office of Management and Budget director Jim Nussle blasted a congressional report that pegged the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan at $1.6 trillion through next...
Democrats move meeting from Baltimore to Virginia
By David Nitkin and Hanah Cho The Democratic National Committee is relocating its fall meeting from Baltimore to Virginia to honor a planned union protest at the city hotel where...
Report: Obama’s kin owned slaves
Many people know that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's father was from Kenya and his mother from Kansas. But an intriguing sliver of his family history has received almost no...