The Raw Story

As expected, Republicans didn't waste a moment before launching the full concern troll attack on Obama's selection of a running mate. No matter who was chosen, they would have professed concern that they know much better than Democrats who the Democratic nominees should have been...

PARIS - France on Sunday called for a meeting of European leaders on Sept. 1 to discuss the crisis in Georgia and the European Union's relations with Russia...

People worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S...

McCain has another home?

NBC's Tom Brokaw talked with Chuck Todd about John McCain not knowing how many houses he and his wife owned. Brokaw point out that one viewer thought that McCain should be given a pass on the mistake because of his prisoner of war status...

McCain's new ad asks: Why not Hillary?

Cheney has helped corrupt politicians before. I know, because I reported it two years ago.

Some of the participants at a recent retreat of central bank governors and economists charged that the Fed did too much to help Wall Street and too little to aid taxpayers...

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces freed a cameraman for the Associated Press in Baghdad on Saturday after holding him for three months without charge, the news agency said...

Pelosi open to offshore drilling if Bush can 'prove' we need it

Al-Maliki some points are 'still pending' in US/Iraq military agreement.

House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi answered questions from Tom Brokaw on “Meet the Press” this morning about yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article reporting that she and her husband have invested in former swift boat ads financier and more recent alternative energy convert T. Boone Pickens’ Clean Energy Fuels Corp...

Caroline Kennedy, daughter of President Kennedy, discussed what it was like to be on Obama's vice presidential search committee on "Meet The Press" this morning. Kennedy was enthusiastic about Joe Biden, calling him a representative of "the values that the Democratic party stands for" with the strength of personality to enact them...

Biden's son a DC insider

Canadian health officials have linked a deadly listeriosis outbreak to a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto, prompting the company to expand of its recall of meat products...

The Beijing Olympics have come to a close after 16 days of thrilling competition - with the home nation sat on top of the gold medal table...

McCain calls Biden 'formidable'

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's suggestion that financial supervision be revamped to take into account the health of the entire system is a logical response to recent market turmoil, but may be a difficult concept to execute...

Obama campaign office vandalized in Minnesota

Halperin: McCain houses gaffe 'worst moment' for Obama