John Edwards News

Fred Baron, John Edwards' campaign finance chairman and longtime confidante, told NBC News in telephone interviews, he has been providing financial assistance to both Andrew Young and Rielle Hunter.

Young is the married Edwards campaign staffer who has admitted to fathering Hunter's child. Earlier today, Edwards admitted to also having an affair with Hunter.

Elizabeth Edwards posted a statement on the Daily Kos Web site Friday about her husband's confession that he had had an extramarital affair.

Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who cast himself as the most electable of Democratic presidential hopefuls, admitted Friday that he held — and lied about — a secret that could have destroyed his campaign and his party’s hopes for the White House.

John Edwards said in his statement that he wouldn't be giving more interviews, but he and Elizabeth gave one last one to CBS's Bob Schieffer.

Former Sen. John Edwards has a deadline to save his spot on the national stage. With two weeks to go before their national convention, a number of Democrats are saying that Edwards needs to publicly address ...

Jon Stewart, the popular host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," highlights a high-profile lineup for the University at Buffalo's upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series.

The list for the 2008-09 series also includes a previously revealed debate between John Edwards, the one-time presidential candidate, and Karl Rove, President Bush's longtime chief political strategist.

Beverly Hills police are treating a late night confrontation between tabloid photographers and man identified as former U.S. Sen. John Edwards as a "civil dispute" and leaving his name out of official reports.

For some readers, one of the biggest stories last week was one that didn't get much play in The News & Observer.

Lee Stranahan 's post about lefty blogs ignoring the John Edwards affair was apparently the most highly trafficked story on the Huffington Post for at least two days.

Former presidential contender John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth are still set to appear at Salem State College on Sept.

The California birth certificate for the child of a woman who shot video of John Edwards ' presidential campaign lists no father, a newspaper said Thursday.

Three weeks ago, John Edwards fielded media questions on his chances of filling the vice-presidential slot on Democrat Barack Obama's ticket or a Cabinet position. But now his prospects for a spot are being questioned amid recent reports in the National Enquirer that have prompted buzz on the blogosphere.

It was only three weeks ago that John Edwards was fielding media questions on his chances of filling the Democratic Party's vice presidential slot on Barack Obama's ticket or a potential Cabinet position in an ...

The scholarship program started by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards that has sent rural high school graduates to college for free is ending after three years, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The presidential nominating conventions start in a month, with the Democrats first.

....Dim the houselights for Elizabeth Edwards. Her brave fight against advancing cancer has won her affection and respect from millions of Americans. Before she was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2004, Edwards had emerged as a notable talent in the perpetual campaign.

John Edwards, who has been a rumored vice-presidential pick for Barack Obama, said in Denver on Tuesday he expects his crusade to reduce poverty to play a prominent role during the Democratic National Convention, reports Chuck Plunkett.

He stumped the nation as the Democratic Party ticket's No. 2 man in 2004. He aspired to be president in 2008.

But former Sen. John Edwards told a Denver audience Tuesday that now he's plunged into a new kind of campaign, "to end poverty as we know it in a generation."

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards stopped in Houston Wednesday on a national tour to tout an anti-poverty campaign that aims to cut the number of the country's poor in half in a decade.

The inner circle of advisers who formed the strategy team for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' presidential bids in 2004 and 2008 is (finally) splitting up.

Developers who build affordable housing units can borrow up to $10 million per project from a $100 million trust announced Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Sen.