U.S. Presidential Election Results (2008)

Lots of advice for the Democrat facing a political downturn after his first year in office....

The White House, sobered by the election results from Massachusetts, is pivoting to the center. The latest evidence: a proposed freeze on discretionary spending that is unrelated to the military veterans, homeland security and international affairs....

Former state Speaker, once behind by 31 points, surges ahead of the incumbent governor....

Posted by Monique Garcia at 11:45 a.m.; last updated at 4:09 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn today said he has encouraged Iraq military veteran Tammy Duckworth to pursue the vacant Democratic lieutenant governor nomination. “I think she’s a very formidable human....

Melitus Mugabe Were was a rarity among Kenyan politicians, a moderate who straddled the divides rending the country. A freshman lawmaker in parliament, he was a man who could have mediated between extremists in both the ruling party and the opposition,...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited The Times on Nov. 14. Below is a partial transcript of the discussion he had with editors and reporters. Arnold Schwarzenegger: I was here last time to talk about the budget, and here we are again. We are in a special...

Today's topic: In its final months, the Bush administration has issued dozens of "midnight regulations" -- rule changes that can have far-reaching effects but need no debate in Congress -- including permitting mining near the Grand Canyon and taking...

All through the night, villagers in the Obama family's ancestral village near Lake Victoria had kept an outdoor vigil, alternatively praying and watching election returns on an oversized television screen erected outside the village health center. And...

Computer hackers are taking advantage of the U.S. Presidential election to launch a widespread scam. Experts are calling it the largest malicious email campaign going... and here's how it works: The moment Barack Obama was elected president, the bad guys...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (WPIX) -- A local man has admitted he was on a mission to hunt and assault Staten Island residents following Barack Obama's historic presidential win on election night last November. Brian Carranza, 21, faces up to 10 years in prison...

Barack Obama enthusiasts take celebrating to an extreme in one York neighborhood. Debra Schantz of York didn't stay up to watch the presidential election results, but knew who won as soon as she stepped out of her home early Wednesday. "I got up this...

Two Indiana men have filed a lawsuit claiming that Barack Obama is not eligible to serve as president.        The suit questions whether Obama meets the constitutional requirement that the president must be a "natural born citizen."        Obama's birth...