Friday, May 9 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Barack Obama's support among working, white Americans has diminished. Her fresh comments about race dogged her Thursday as she pressed on with her struggling candidacy. Her voice raspy, her tone determined, the former first lady raced into a long West Virginia-to-the-West Coast campaign day, declaring she would   Full Story

Thursday, May 8 WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday, pushing him ever closer to victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton — even as their primary marathon staggered on. She added two superdelegates herself in what has become the last big contest as their race winds toward a finish.   Full Story

Thursday, May 8 GARY, Ind. (AP) — It was midnight and the nation was still awaiting results from the Indiana primary, one of the biggest remaining prizes of the epic Democratic presidential battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. But as the clock ticked, the questions and accusations grew louder: What was wrong in Lake County?   Full Story

Thursday, May 8 WASHINGTON — Her money drained and her options dwindling, a resolute Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to press on with her presidential bid even as she and top advisers were hard-pressed to describe a realistic path for her to wrest the nomination from Barack Obama. After a wrenching primary outcome Tuesday in which she was routed in North Carolina and barely won   Full Story

Saturday, May 3 MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs. "It's a Shell game.   Full Story

Friday, May 2 Sen. Barack Obama's break with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is putting black pastors and their congregations in a difficult position, their loyalties divided between a politician who could be the first black president and a celebrated preacher who many believe has been vilified. The situation is complicated, ministers say, because there's a sense that both men have been treated   Full Story

Thursday, May 1 MILWAUKEE — Maurice Pulley agreed last fall to testify against the thug accused of shooting him in the face in an argument over a parking spot. But before Pulley ever took the stand, two gunmen ran up to him and killed him in his mother's driveway. Pulley's family is blaming the dismantling of Milwaukee's witness-protection program 4 1/2 years ago.   Full Story

Wednesday, April 30 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Barack Obama said last month he couldn't disown his former pastor. Turns out he could — and did. Obama, trying to tamp down the political uproar over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, went before the cameras Tuesday to denounce the minister's comments as "giving comfort to those who prey on hate.   Full Story

Tuesday, April 29 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain by 9 points in a head-to-head presidential matchup, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable than Democratic rival Barack Obama. Obama and Republican McCain are running about even.   Full Story