The Caucus: Check Point: Assessing the Candidates’ Assertions

The Times’s political staff examines the debate

Candidates React Carefully to Bailout

Both presidential candidates are treading lightly on the three-page, $700 billion Wall Street bailout package that the White House presented to Congress this morning.

The Ad Campaign: McCain Tries to Link Obama to Financial Crisis

John McCain’s ad titled “Advice,” which is currently running online, is an effort to link Barack Obama to Fannie Mae

Video: Obama outlines economic 'core principles'

Obama outlines his six "core principles" for the economy. He explained of a "distorted market," and the need for further regulations & oversight.

Video: McCain promises to 'hold Wall Street responsible'

McCain promises to "end unbridled greed." Changing the laws to streamline wild speculations that pervade wall street.

Video: Campaigns launch attack ads

As the presidential race heats up in the wake of the Palin pick, McCain & Obama step up the attack ads. Both are hitting the airwaves with a range of issues, as we count down to the presidential elections.

McCain: No, Obama Didn't Call Palin A Pig

Did Barack Obama really call Sarah Palin a pig, as a John McCain ad leads people to believe? "No," McCain said Monday. The Republican presidential nominee defended the ad anyway, saying Obama "chooses his words very carefully.

Obama intensifies attack

Confronting a reinvigorated Republican presidential ticket and a recent drop in the polls, Barack Obama is raising the level of his attacks on John McCain

Obama turns up the heat on McCain

Barack Obama plans new television ads and more forceful attack as he confronts an invigorated Republican presidential ticket.

Lipstick comment signals change in campaign

'Lipstick on a pig' may have degenerated into a war of words. The campaign heats up with no limit on choice issues.

Lipstick comments color campaigns

With the U.S. presidential race tightening in a struggle for women voters, John McCain on Wednesday seized on a remark about lipstick by rival Barack Obama as a sexist attack on his running mate.

Obama assails 'lies and phony outrage'

Barack Obama strikes back, accusing his rivals of resorting to "lies and phony outrage" to manipulate voters and the press.

McCain gains among women voters

McCain's surge in the polls since the Republican Convention is attributable to a shift in support among white women, who now give McCain a 12 point lead.

Obama is back on defense against McCain

RIVERSIDE, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has found himself in a position he hasn't been in during many long months of campaigning - on defense against Republican rival John McCain...

Palin comparison: Is Obama overshadowed?

Obama's supporters are worried he's getting sidelined. NBC's Lee Cowan reports.

Poll Madness: McCain Takes Lead Even As Democrats Out-Register Republicans

This week's mainstream coverage of the presidential horse-race has been dominated by a series of polls showing the McCain-Palin ticket with its first stable lead over Obama and Biden.

Palin Still at McCain's Side, to Enthusiastic Crowds

The Republican ticket continues to campaign together, as their audiences mushroom with the addition of the vice-presidential nominee.

Lieberman skips weekly lunch with irate Senate Democrats

Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Tuesday skipped the weekly luncheon meeting of congressional Democrats many of whom denounce him as a turncoat for his support of White House contender John McCain at last week's Republican National Convention.

Iran nuclear plant 'nearly complete'

The Russian firm building Iran's controversial Bushehr power station says the start-up of its reactor will soon be 'irreversible'.

John McCain "took on the drug industry."

Next to Big Oil, few businesses make more convenient political punching bags than drug companies.

Biden, in Pa., lauds blue-collar roots in Scranton The Associated Press -

Biden gave voters a short course on the political climate as he grew up,
saying that "to be Irish was to be Catholic was to be Democrat.

Obama To Media: "Back Off" Palin Pregnancy

At a brief press availability in Monroe, Mich., ABC News asked Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., if he had any response to Gov. Sarah Palin's statement that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant

Euro summit condemns Moscow

Sep 1 - Georgian hopes for European action against Russia are dashed, despite a strongly worded statement