New York Times: Washington

A politician who has thrived in informal settings is now trying to meet the more scripted speaking demands of a general election campaign.

Planners of the convention in Denver may be forced to scale back on their original design or increase their fund-raising goals.

Senator Barack Obama’s social networking Web site has become a source of organized criticism of some of the candidate’s positions.

The U.S. didn’t talk to Castro. But it did talk to Mao, and that is the path most taken.

Officials say regulatory changes would attract investment and enhance U.S. competitiveness, but critics say the changes would dilute safeguards.

The former senator had a courtly manner and opposed civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art.

A remark by the candidate focused on the responsibilities of religious groups receiving federal money.

A student looking to profit from his indifference has been charged with a felony for trying to sell his vote on eBay.

The Republican Party is grappling with how best to pass the torch from an unpopular president to its nominee.

Addressing the honorees, who hailed from 30 countries, President Bush spoke of the path to citizenship, Thomas Jefferson’s legacy and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

Senator Barack Obama struggles to balance broadening his appeal to voters in mostly Republican states, and maintaining his support among critics of the war.

The former North Carolina senator, whose courtly manner barely masked a hard-edged conservatism that opposed civil rights, foreign aid and modern art, died Friday.

The former North Carolina senator had a courtly manner and mossy drawl and turned his hard-edged conservatism against civil rights, gay rights, foreign aid and modern art.

The opening of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin marks the final chapter in more than a decade of an often bitter process between the city and American diplomats.

Change in Iraq has posed a challenge for Barack Obama, who said he might “refine” his policies but later held a news conference to clarify his statement.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided not to reappoint the official who has coordinated health programs for ground zero workers, Congressional aides who spoke with him said.

The U.S. proposed U.N. sanctions including an arms embargo and punitive measures against those responsible for undermining the presidential election through violence.

Senator John McCain used his visit to appeal to residents of both sides of the border: Mexicans and, more urgently, Latinos in the United States.

Senator John McCain used his visit to appeal to residents of both sides of the border: Mexicans and, more urgently, Latinos in the United States.

John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Mr. Obama, Republican operatives say and some of his own advisers acknowledge.