AP - John McCain has an unusual endorsement — from the Vietnamese jailer who says he held him captive for about five years as a POW and now considers him a friend.

AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton stood side by side in this tiny New England outpost to provide the image many Democrats needed to see after their long, bruising primary battle.

AP - Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars of the future.

AP - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, declaring the next chapter is about beating Republican John McCain.

Reuters - Russia President Dmitry Medvedev stressed cooperation at a summit with European Union leaders on Friday, striking a softer pose than his tough-minded predecessor Vladimir Putin.

AP - The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.

Politico - After Sen. Barack Obama emerged as the winner of the Democratic nomination, he announced that he’d be glad to meet Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the time and place of her choosing.

AP - Former rivals Obama, Clinton take first public step toward reconciliation ... Democratic delegate who said she'd vote for McCain tries to keep convention credentials ... Rendell expresses interest in federal energy, transportation, posts but not before 2011