Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain warned gun owners on Friday that his Democratic opponents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would threaten their right to bear arms, as he sought to rally conservatives' support in the November election.

AFP - Republican candidate John McCain laid out for the first time Thursday a timeline to end the Iraq war, arguing he would get most US troops home by 2013 if elected president.

AFP - The US House of Representatives Thursday rejected 163 billion dollars in emergency spending for Iraq and Afghanistan, in an unexpected but symbolic twist to a fierce political battle over war funding.

AP - The Tennessee Republican Party "welcomed" Michelle Obama's visit for a fundraiser Thursday night with an online video that takes the Democratic presidential front-runner's wife to task for a comment some considered unpatriotic.

AP - McCain says Iraq war won by 2013, lists other prospective accomplished if he wins White House ... Bush warns against appeasing terrorists; Obama claims 'false political attack' on him ... Tennessee GOP video takes Michelle Obama to task for 'proud' remark; Dems call it a smear ...

AP - Perhaps no one took greater comfort in the Republican Party's third straight loss of a long-held House seat this week than Barack Obama, who says the results point to clear limits in the effectiveness of attack ads he expects this fall.