AP - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can't understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.

AP - Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers.

AP - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can't understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.

AP - Barack Obama inched closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, picking up five delegates, including a California congressman who switched his allegiance from Hillary Rodham Clinton.

AP - Three-time melanoma survivor John McCain appears cancer-free, in good health ... Obama talks of conditional meeting with Cuban leader as he seeks votes in Florida ... Clinton apologies for reference to Kennedy assassination in defending her continued candidacy ... Obama gains delegates, moves closer to nomination ... Bush begins raising money for McCain, behind closed doors

AP - Canadian government investigators looking into the NAFTA leak controversy involving presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama said Friday that two top Canadian officials didn't leak confidential information.

AP - In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush's diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill.

AP - Senate Republicans have broken with President Bush to help Democrats add support for veterans and the unemployed to a bill paying for another year of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

AP - Sen. Barack Obama pulled within shouting distance of the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, though he still needs help from superdelegates to claim the prize.