Obama bows at altar of `Daily Show’
He's opened his heart to Oprah Winfrey. His name has been the butt of a Top 10 list on David Letterman. And like every other senator, he has shared his...
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Voters give Obama, Durbin good marks
More than half of Illinois voters say they approve of the job Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is doing in office, while 7 in 10 give marks of approval to Sen....
A foreign classroom for junior senator
Sen. Barack Obama ducked his head, stepped over a puddle of oil and slowly walked down the dark corridor of a giant weapons factory. A blast of heat made the...
Spending monitor urged
Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) are introducing legislation Wednesday to appoint a watchdog to oversee the federal spending in the effort to restore and rebuild the Gulf...
Obama can’t say no to Farm Aid invite
Barack Obama may be no great lover of country music, but when Willie Nelson calls to ask a favor, how can you say no? The junior senator from Illinois is...
Obama skips `Daily Show’ for UN
For nearly a year, Sen. Barack Obama has been toying with the idea of accepting an invitation to be a guest of "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" on Comedy...
No change in Japan ban on U.S. beef
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that she could offer few words of optimism for U.S. cattle producers or deliver a reasonable prediction of when Japan would lift its...
Rice cautious on new talks with N. Korea
The agreement was hatched over a dinner of steak and cheesecake. For more than a year, diplomatic talks over the abolishment of North Korea's nuclear weapons program had languished. Prospects...
Stray plane interrupts capital again
The White House and U.S. Capitol were evacuated for the second time in slightly more than a month when a private plane entered restricted airspace Wednesday evening. President Bush was...
When it comes to race, Obama makes his point–with subtlety
The night before the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum was dedicated, Barack Obama sat awake in his room at the Renaissance Hotel, agonizing over a speech he would deliver about a...