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"Sen. Obama won his first election by throwing all of his opponents off the ballot. It's a story I cover in my first chapter, and it's something that Sen. Obama is so embarrassed about that he wrote a completely fictitious account [in his book]."

Mr. Jackson is on a mission to protect drug addicts from HIV, for which he tested positive in 1990 after sharing needles to shoot heroin and crack cocaine.

In her nearly 10 year career at U of C, Michelle Obama instituted community service programs, helped to restore community relations with the University, and established a network of health care clinics to provide patients with primary care.

A look at the words speakers at the 2008 Republican and Democratic conventions used.

Obama stays cool during O'Reilly inquisitionNick Juliano and David Edwards

Basra is as an example of what an exit strategy might look like & and of the dangers of getting it wrong.

Rep. Charles Rangel paid no mortgage interest on a beach resort property for about 15 years, a lawyer for the powerful House committee chairman said Friday.

Leave it to the gang at Cracked.com to come up with something lots of men are thinking but won't say. HEEE-larious.

Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.

The G.O.P. is selling the politics of resentment; you’re supposed to vote Republican to stick it to an elite that thinks its better than you.