John McCain

The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.

With only about four months left in office, President Bush hosted his last T-ball game on the South Lawn Sunday, ending a tradition he's carried on for seven years.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to sit down later this week for her first television interview since John McCain chose her as his running mate more than a week ago.

A little sermon about — and for — the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

From her children's names to her husband's celebrity and role as unofficial adviser, Palin has created a reputation less as a rugged individual than as a maverick with a large family in tow.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home this fall and return to the Senate in January.

NYT: Adviser Steve Schmidt has been the catalyst behind the transformation of the McCain organization into the  elbows-out, risk-taking, disciplined machine on display at the GOP convention.

The banners, buttons and signs say McCain-Palin, but the crowds say something else.

Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats.

The Republican and Democrat battled for the mantle Friday as the newly-minted presidential nominees reached out to states teeming with the independent voters vital to winning the White House.

The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned to go there soon.

The Democratic candidate called his Republican rival's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that should have focused on the struggles of the middle class.

John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday, in their first joint campaign appearance, cast the new Republican presidential ticket as a team of determined reformers eager to challenge Washington's political establishment.

The Alaska Legislature will work to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected, weeks before the national election.

It's not clear that most Republicans would find those independent qualities nearly as admirable next year if the Arizona senator wins the presidential election in November.

Not since Jacqueline Kennedy have fashionistas paid such close attention to what the women of politics are wearing, from Cindy McCain's popped collar to Sarah Palin's updo to Michelle Obama's off-the-rack dress.