Back on the Stump, Candidates Attack Each Other on Economy

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 5 -- Their political coronations behind them, John McCain and Barack Obama began a two-month sprint to Election Day by attacking each other over a report that showed unemployment surging in an already unsteady economy.

U.S. Teams Weaken Insurgency In Iraq

By the time he was captured last month, the man known among Iraqi insurgents as "the Tiger" had lost much of his bite. Abu Uthman, whose fierce attacks against U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians in Fallujah had earned him a top spot on Iraq's most-wanted list, had been reduced to shuttling between...

White House Disputes Book's View of Bush

The White House yesterday disputed several elements of a new book detailing internal administration battles over Iraq, saying that a news story about the book wrongly portrays President Bush as detached from decision-making and misleading in his public statements about the war.

Rangel Says He Didn't Know of Loan Terms

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) did not know that the Caribbean resort villa he purchased 20 years ago was financed with a no-interest mortgage from the developer and has generated $75,000 in income that he should have reported on tax and financial disclosure forms, his lawyer said yesterday.

Court Gives White House More Time

A federal appeals court granted the White House a temporary delay in turning over documents to a House committee investigating the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.