Day: May 29, 2008

Reporter: I was pushed not to do hard-hitting pieces on the Bush administration. See also: Not shocked

Former White House press secretary says he is answering a “higher loyalty” than his affection for Bush.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state….

Contenders are paying heed to this small and historically overlooked voting bloc.

Just as it has claimed so many other members of the military, the war in Iraq has taken a toll on chaplains.

President Bush called the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan a “great struggle” akin to World War II and warned anew against those who would waver in it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the nomination in sight, Barack Obama is willing to give rival Hillary Rodham Clinton the lion’s share of the delegates from Florida and Michigan but is stopping short of her demand to fully recognize the two renegade states….

The sudden shift by Prime Minister Gordon Brown created fresh pressures on the United States, which had counted Britain as one of its staunchest allies in opposing the ban.

Fourteen states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency, saying smog regulations issued in March watered-down standards for ground-level ozone and air pollution.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The grueling Democratic presidential nominating race moves on Saturday from the campaign trail to a Washington hotel, where party officials will hunt for a compromise over disputed contests in Michigan and Florida.