Clinton, Obama meet in Washington  —  They confer after she disavows push to make her vice president  —  WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton met late Thursday with Barack Obama, a day after saying she would end her quest for the Democratic nomination and endorse the Illinois senator.

Obama clarifies united J'lem comment  —  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama did not rule out Palestinian sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem when he called for Israel's capital to remain “undivided,” his campaign told The Jerusalem Post Thursday.

Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service …

Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps  —  WASHINGTON — A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories …

Clinton Meets With Obama, and the Rest Is Secret  —  WASHINGTON — For 17 months, they tracked one another's movements like prey.  —  But Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came together here Thursday evening to pull off a secret rendezvous.  They ditched their traveling entourages …

$45 trillion needed to combat warming  —  TOKYO - The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday.

Reports: Edwards rules out vice president slot  —  MADRID, Spain - John Edwards has ruled out being Barack Obama's running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, according to interviews carried by two leading Spanish newspapers on Friday.  —  “I already had the privilege of running …

DeLay On Obama: ‘Unless He Proves Me Wrong, He Is A Marxist’  —  On right-winger Mike Gallagher's radio show today, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), who is currently facing charges of money laundering and conspiracy to launder money, launched a fringe attack on Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) by claiming that he is a Marxist.

Questions About The Secret Meeting — Now, With Answers  —  There was a meeting.  It was not at Hillary Clinton's house.  (I'm betting it was at Jim Johnson's Georgetown condo.)  Staff worked out the schedules.  Obama wanted to talk about bringing the party together.  —  1. Who asked for the meeting?

About 1 in 11 Mortgageholders Face Loan Problems  —  About 1 in 11 American mortgages were past due or in foreclosure at the end of March, according to a report released on Thursday, a figure that is rising fast as home prices fall and the job market weakens.

McCain Predicts ‘Very Close Race’ Against Obama, Casts Self as Underdog  —  GOP Contender Acknowledges Obama-Clinton Ticket Would Be ‘Formidable’  —  John McCain thinks he's the underdog in the race for the White House against Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Moseley and Wynne forced out  —  Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Secretary Michael W. Wynne were forced to resign Thursday during hastily arranged meetings with their Pentagon bosses.  —  Moseley was summoned from the Corona leadership summit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base …

Obama denies a rumor and questions the question  —  Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor …