A New York Times story examining John McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist eight years ago has thrust the newspaper into the spotlight, with McCain slamming the story as a "hit-and-run smear campaign" and conservative pundits rallying to the senator's defense. The Times stood its ground. ...more

February 22, 2008

If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee, he faces a financial dilemma: Use his vaunted fundraising operation for the general election or limit himself by accepting public funds. ...more

February 15, 2008

Barack Obama powered past Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for Democratic convention delegates Tuesday on a night of triumph sweetened with outsized primary victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. ...more

February 13, 2008

The race for the Republican nomination is redefining what it means to be politically conservative. ...more

February 8, 2008

In an effort reminiscent of the bitter "Swift Boat" campaign during the 2004 presidential race, a group of New York firefighters who lost sons in the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks is organizing a political committee to take on former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. ...more

December 20, 2007

Mitt Romney asked the nation on Thursday not to reject his presidential candidacy because of his religion, assuring evangelical Christians and other religious voters that his values matched theirs in a speech that used the word "Mormon" only once. ...more

December 7, 2007

Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme. ...more

November 10, 2007

SEBRING — When Jean and Larry Lindemer heard Craig and Mary Romney were coming to town, they gathered up the family photo album. Craig Romney is the son of the presidential candidate from Massachusetts. The Lindemers are from Michigan, where Larry was the chairman of the state Republican Party when Mitt's father, George, was governor. When was that? ...more

September 28, 2007

TAMPA Republican presidential primary frontrunner Rudy Giuliani secured a coup in the Tampa Bay area this week: the support of high-level GOP fundraiser Al Austin. ...more

September 7, 2007