2008 Presidential Election News

The 60 votes aren't there any more. With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing.

Sen. Jim DeMint is using his rising national profile among conservative activists to support and bankroll Republican Senate candidates around the country, some of them underdogs challenging GOP establishment favorites.

Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging Iraq's leaders to resolve differences and agree to legislation allowing a national vote to take place next year.

Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on Jan. 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, just days before US President Barack Obama spells out his expansion of the war effort next week.

The world is losing patience with Iran's behavior over its nuclear program and Tehran will be responsible for the consequences if it fails to meet its obligations, the White House said on Friday.

In this May 8, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks during an unannounced visit to a Spanish language town hall meeting on the swine flu virus in the Eisenhower Executive Office building in the White House complex in Washington.

In the age of entitlement, nothing remains more valuable than a job. Thanksgiving came as Americans struggled with their highest unemployment since the early 1980s.

The United States has the best health care in the world - but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive.

Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision.

For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months.

Commonwealth leaders will put the world's small island states at the frontline of the climate debate when they meet on Friday to press for an effective international pact against global warming.

Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.

The president must convince his anti-war supporters to back a plan for Afghanistan that would double the number of troops there.

Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.

President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends.

Sarah Palin is spending Thanksgiving with relatives in Washington state before resuming book signing over the weekend.

Israela s government approved a 10- month halt to the construction of new homes in West Bank settlements, a move immediately welcomed by the U.S. and rejected by Palestinians.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that NATO nations are ready to offer about 5,000 more troops for the war in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Two fledgling political action committees that support allowing some illegal immigrants to become citizens are raising more money than their immigration-control counterparts, signaling a possible fundraising shift ahead of next year's congressional races.