This week, winter storms dumped more than 18 inches of snow on parts of the Midwest before swerving toward Canada.
The White House on Friday began releasing the names of visitors as part of a Barack Obama campaign promise to run a more transparent administration.
New York Gov. David Paterson, who is legally blind, is not happy with how SNL portrayed him over the weekend.
While they're not exactly buddies, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain came together Monday to discuss the future of the country -- and maybe even try to quell some of the tension from the campaign trail.
William Ayers describes his relationship to President-elect Obama on 'Good Morning America.' CNN's Dan Lothian reports.
Anti-Vietnam War activist William Ayers spoke out for the first time Friday, calling the Republican effort to tie him to President-elect Barack Obama during the election campaign a "dishonest narrative" with the intent of "demonizing" Ayers.
Votes are still being counted but projections put Obama over the top
In 2004, he hit the campaign trail with Fahrenheit 9/11. This year, he's got a new movie, an election guidebook and the hope that his candidate will win
Sarah Palin accuses the LA Times of withholding a video she says shows Obama speaking with an alleged former PLO spokesman.
BOULDER, Colorado: 'Is it worth hanging in'
Sen. Barack Obama tells supporters that Sen. John McCain's financial plan is not a change from Pres. Bush.
The candidates use robo-calls to wage negative campaigns and both lose. CNN's Carol Costello reports.
Some residents in battleground states are receiving more than a dozen daily robocalls, recorded messages often used to attack a candidate's opponent.
More than 3,000 educators nationwide, including six Brown University professors, have signed a statement supporting William Ayers -- the man Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain called a "washed-up terrorist" at the third presidential debate.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama Sunday during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
The GOP presidential nominee apologizes to the late-night host for canceling a previous appearance
Make no mistake, Barack Obama is one cool customer. Now, after the last debate, it seems all but certain that the Iceman cometh to the White House.
John McCain has learned his lesson: Don't ever cancel on David Letterman.
The presidential candidates are getting more serious in the final weeks of their campaigns.
Republicans launched an enormous wave of phone calls Thursday blasting Sen. Barack Obama for "having worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers," party sources said.
Sen. John McCain came out strong in Wednesday's final presidental debate, but Sen. Barack Obama ultimately came out ahead, according to several iReporters.
While the McCain campaign goes after Obama's "terrorist" ties, the Windy City bewails the scrutiny inflicted on a radical turned educator
A majority of debate watchers think Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted right afterward.
Sen. John McCain played offense against Sen. Barack Obama during much of the final presidential debate as he challenged his rival on his policies, judgment and character.
Do you know what was so great about Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan? They were three of the biggest trash talkers in the history of the NBA, but they had the game to back it up.
Sen. Hillary Clinton appeared Tuesday on "American Morning" with CNN's John Roberts to discuss the presidential campaign, the financial crisis and her views on electing a woman to the White House.
CNN's Don Lemon talks with CNN political analyst Bill Schneider about the angry rhetoric on the campaign trail.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has been criticizing Democratic standard-bearer Barack Obama for "palling around with terrorists," citing Obama's past associations with Bill Ayers, a founder of the radical Weather Underground, which was involved in several bombings in the early 1970s.
Watch part of Gov. Sarah Palin's introduction of Sen. John McCain in Virginia on Monday.
The other day, when confronted by a confused, angry and scared supporter who called Barack Obama "an Arab," among other things, you could see a glimpse of the old John McCain.
The McCain campaign is suggesting that the Democratic nominee is a pro-choice extremist who supported a form of infanticide. The reality is very different, and the central allegation misleading
On the streets of one battleground state, one can easily witness the divisions of a nation
With recent polls showing Sen. Barack Obama's lead increasing nationwide and in several GOP-leaning states, some Republicans attending John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign rallies are showing a new emotion: rage.
Sen. John McCain is upping the offense on the campaign trail. CNN's Ed Henry reports.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday said Sen. Barack Obama put "ambition above country" after a newspaper reported that Obama may have tried to influence Iraqi politicians negotiating with the United States.
Sen. Barack Obama condemns his opponents for using what he believes is 'fear' politics.
Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday slammed Sen. John McCain's new mortgage plan as "the latest in a series of shifting positions" and evidence of "erratic and uncertain leadership."
With a little less than a month before the election, this week started with a re-examination of Barack Obama's association with William Ayers.
Michelle Obama says voters should judge Barack Obama on his actions now and not on something from his past.
The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told CNN's Larry King on Wednesday that she is not offended by a much-publicized comment made toward her husband in Tuesday night's debate.
Sen. John McCain on Wednesday attacked his rival as a candidate whose words cannot be trusted, telling voters "what Sen. [Barack] Obama says today and what he has done in the past are often two different things."
In Tampa, Florida, Democratic candidate Joe Biden says John McCain's attacks against Barack Obama should cease.
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In between jabs, the two Presidential hopefuls laid out their visions. Watching it all was Jessica Yellin.
During the Democratic primaries, I wrote a column for CNN.com about how easy it is for any candidate to tar and feather another about their associations with less-than-acceptable figures.
CNN's Drew Griffin on links between Barack Obama and a founder of the 1960s terror group Weather Underground, Bill Ayers.
More than 30 years ago, William Ayers was a fugitive leader of the Weather Underground, an antiwar terrorist group known for its bombings of police stations, the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.
Pundits may have spent the year declaring the passing of the 527 era, but the view from primary states this month is beginning to make the reports of that death look just a bit premature.
With less than 30 days until the election, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are stepping up their negative ads as they try to win over the narrowing margin of undecided voters.
Wolf Blitzer speaks to a panel about Palin's charges against Obama and political fallout of the bailout.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign Monday tried to draw a parallel between Sen. John McCain's involvement in the nearly 2-decade-old "Keating Five" scandal and the current economic crisis.
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Barack Obama fights back after Sarah Palin claims he's "palling around with terrorists". CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday charged that Sen. John McCain's campaign is launching "Swift boat-style attacks" on him instead of addressing the country's problems.
CNN's Josh Levs checks the facts on Gov. Sarah Palin's remark that Sen. Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists".
CNN's Tom Foreman fact-checks the vice presidential candidates after Thursday's debate.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday slammed Sen. Barack Obama's political relationship with a former anti-war radical, accusing him of associating "with terrorists who targeted their own country."
Barack Obama's campaign has quickly rejected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that he associated "with terrorists who targeted our own country."
The candidate's bold moves may have energized his campaign temporarily, but at the expense of a coherent overall message
In 1840, a young Whig organizer named Abraham Lincoln wrote the guidebook on political field work. His "confidential" circular advised Whig campaign operatives to "make a perfect list of all the voters and ascertain with certainty for whom they will vote."
Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling suspected that his days were numbered last week, while he and his band of brothers in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team prepared for a mission near Wanat, Afghanistan.
A day after promising more troops for Afghanistan, sources tell CNN's Jamie McIntyre most may not arrive until Fall.
There's no secret document stashed in a safe, but McCain's been giving strategic hints for weeks
As the race drags on, Obama and Clinton are diminishing each other, turning a big campaign into a small one
CNN's Carol Costello explores whether Michelle Obama's controversial comments will come back to haunt the campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended himself and his wife Sunday against suggestions that they are insufficiently patriotic.
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