Clinton expected to look to Obama for help on debt  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In politics, money talks.  And money is likely to be an important factor in discussions between Barack Obama's advisers and the debt-saddled Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign.  —  Clinton will likely seek help …

Did Obama Backtrack On Jerusalem?  —  Barack Obama on Wednesday: … Obama on Thursday, after Mahmoud Abbas complained and his chief negotiator said Obama “has closed all doors to peace”: … The press writes that Obama backtracked; Obama's campaign does not concede the point

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 …

McCain bumbles the delivery  —  NEW ORLEANS - As Democrats buzzed this week about their new de facto nominee, his historic candidacy and the unlikely political demise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican circles were humming with another topic.  —  The topic: Is there a way John McCain …

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 …

McCain says he won't run from Bush in campaign  —  FORT LAUDERDALE — Republican John McCain said he won't try to “separate” himself from a weakened President Bush or his unpopular handling of the war in Iraq to try to win the general election against Barack Obama, who has made opposition to the war a focus of the Democratic campaign.

The Democratic Gamble  —  IN A YEAR SO TILTED TOWARD DEMOCRATS, HILLARY CLINTON MIGHT HAVE REPRESENTED A SAFER BET TO ACCUMULATE THE BARE MINIMUM OF 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE.  —  Sat.  —  It's difficult to overstate Barack Obama's achievement in wresting …

For Obama, a Ticket Test  —  WASHINGTON — An axiom.  When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies?  When the presumptive nominee considers this or that running mate, he thinks: What if I live?

A Brief History of the Fist Bump  —  It's a hand gesture normally associated with sporting events and Bud Lite commercials.  But on Tuesday night, millions of people witnessed Michelle Obama daintily knocking knuckles with her husband as the Illinois Senator took the stage to claim the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Vote by Numbers  —  IT appears that Hillary Clinton is going to suspend her presidential campaign this weekend, at the urging of Democratic Party leaders and superdelegates.  Before that happens, Mrs. Clinton and the superdelegates might want to know this: if the general election were held today …