Day: May 29, 2008

Responding to sharp criticism, Senator Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to add nuance to his willingness to meet leaders of enemy nations.

Barack Obama said he was considering going to Iraq this summer, but dismissed an invitation from John McCain to take a joint trip.

Senators Joseph I. Lieberman and Lindsey Graham seemed to be in contravention of the McCain campaign’s conflict-of-interest rules.

The White House sought to paint Scott McClellan, President Bush’s former press secretary, as a disgruntled man trying to redeem his own reputation after the release of his new tell-all book.