AP - Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday.

AP - John McCain has long advocated letting workers divert some of their payroll taxes into private accounts. So when he says now that he won't privatize Social Security, that raises eyebrows.

AP - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama on Friday called for higher payroll taxes on wage-earners making more than $250,000 annually, a step that would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans.

AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday sharply denounced a Supreme Court decision that gave suspected terrorist detainees a right to seek their release in federal courts.

AFP - Irish voters have rejected the EU's Lisbon Treaty, state broadcaster RTE projected Friday as official results from the referendum began being published.

AFP - The top US law enforcement chief vowed Friday that military trials of "war on terror" suspects held in Guantanamo Bay would go on, as a landmark Supreme Court ruling paved the wave for a flood of appeals.

Politico - Barack Obama’s move to merge key elements of the Democratic National Committee into his own campaign’s Chicago headquarters appears aimed at the goal of a centralized and united Democratic Party.

AP - Obama would apply Social Security payroll tax on incomes above $250,000 ... McCain, Obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions ... Caroline Kennedy, used to exercising discretion in the spotlight, aiding Obama veep search ... Huckabee to join Fox News Channel as contributor on 2008 presidential election coverage

AP - Democrat Barack Obama said Friday he would apply the Social Security payroll tax to annual incomes above $250,000, which would affect the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans.