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A Cleveland television station is reporting that Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) was hospitalized Tuesday night after police found her unconscious behind the wheel of a moving car.

Her first name is Joan. Her last name is a mystery.

He clashed with their leaders in his 2000 campaign. He struggled to gain their votes during the 2008 primaries. And he still doesn’t spend much time talking about the issues they consider most important.

Count Ralph Nader as unimpressed by the crop of supposed finalists to be Barack Obama’s running mate.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has broken her ankle and will be forced to miss the Democratic convention in Denver.

McCain men Joe Lieberman (a rumored veep choice) and Lindsey Graham are leaving today for a two-day tour of Poland, the Ukraine and Georgia, where they will meet with President Mikhail Saakashvili. The Senate Armed Services Committee Codel comes in the wake of (rumored veep choice) Joe Biden's ballyhooed trip last weekend. It was in the works for a week -- probably before Biden's excursion was announced, a Graham staffer said.

John McCain is seriously considering choosing a pro-abortion-rights running mate despite vocal resistance from conservatives, with former Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) very much in the mix, close McCain advisers say.

Al Gore, whom the primary left the Democratic Party's leading elder statesman, will speak to the huge Thursday night convention crowd, CNN reports.

A day after McCain told the VFW convention that, by way of his not acknowleding the surge success, Obama wanted to "choose the path of retreat and failure for America over the path of success and victory," the Democratic nominee sought the high ground.

Obama tries to push back McCain's shots at his character, without impugning McCain's, in a speech to veterans today. In particular, he's demanding that McCain call him a patriot -- forcing the direct question to a candidate who, at times, shies away from his own harsh attacks; and pressing a storyline Obama likes: That McCain is Mr. Negative.

After John McCain told The Weekly Standard's Steve Hayes last week that he would consider a pro-abortion-rights running mate, most Republicans thought the trial balloon had yielded a clear message: Don't even think about it.

Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh was among the most loyal of surrogates for Hillary Rodham Clinton in his state’s May primary — a companionable former governor who had a knack for making Clinton laugh.

Bob Woodward’s new book is shrouded in such mystery that even the title was a secret until now.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to celebrate his 72nd birthday on Aug. 29 by naming his running mate at a huge rally in the battleground state of Ohio, Republican sources said.

If any doubt remained that the debate over energy has shifted in Republicans’ favor, Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) ended it this week.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Barack Obama has emerged from a weeklong family vacation with a little bit of a cold, but also with a more confrontational campaign strategy. It includes going public with new attacks and trying to turn Republican attacks — and even John McCain's own jokes — back at McCain.

Fresh off a trip to the Republic of Georgia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden said he will ask for $1 billion in emergency aid for the war torn country.

The two presidential candidates began getting their games together over the weekend in back-to-back appearances at a two-hour California forum on faith that served as a prelude to the three debates that begin Sept. 26.

Barack Obama is expected to choose his running mate this week in a key decision about the direction and narrative of his bid for the White House.

A confident Barack Obama raised an extraordinary $7.8 million Sunday at three California fundraisers, most of it in large checks to a Democratic Party committee.

Less than two years after Democrats finally bridged the decades-long gap between the parties on national security issues, Republicans have opened it right back up — a shift likely tied to the party's new standard-bearer John McCain and the perception of improvements in Iraq.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Given the sharp words exchanged between their campaigns in recent weeks, John McCain and Barack Obama put on a good show of civility Saturday at their first joint appearance of the all but officially begun general election race.

The Democratic National Committee is hoping to drive a rift between John McCain and voters with disabilities.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Until recently, an event like this would have been unimaginable: The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees meeting at a megachurch to face questioning from an evangelical preacher.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez says she’s happy for the chance to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention — and she predicts that as many as half of the Democrats in the House could join her.

They know where to find an ATM, a rental car or a quiet spot to work on your laptop.

Sports team owners may not be John McCain’s answer to the Hollywood elite, but they’re overwhelmingly supporting his presidential campaign over Barack Obama’s.

Top social conservative leaders in key battleground states are urging John McCain not to pick a running mate who supports abortion rights, warning of dire consequences from a Republican base already unenthused about their nominee.