"They have very different ideas on how America can be strengthened." Watch analysts break down the event » McCain and Obama appeared briefly onstage together, shaking hands and posing with Warren ...

Barack Obama on Saturday for canceling a visit to an American military base in Germany on Thursday. "The most solemn duty of a commander in chief is to fulfill his responsibility to the men and women ...

The Republican commentator said she's been hearing the "rumors" from "very serious journalists." ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In national polling, Obama currently leads, and has experienced a boost since clinching the Democratic nomination early this month. But a look state-by-state demonstrates how close the race really is.

People would rather watch a football game with Barack Obama than with John McCain-- but by barely the length of a football. Obama scored his win over McCain by a narrow 50 percent to 47 percent, ...

WASHINGTON — There was no conciliatory phone call, no heart-to-heart talk to soothe the tensions. No one knows exactly when President Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain went from bitter ...

Though it was only January when John McCain promised to "raise the level of political dialogue in America," that now seems like a very distant memory. Following claims that Barack Obama would "rather ...

There are periods of time when it is necessary that the facts as known be written down. Years later is the time historians can come along and put the facts together. This is what history is about.

Sen. John McCain is receiving a full-fledged Washington send-off Saturday as former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama lead an invitation-only service at Washington National Cathedral. The ...

Barack Obama and John McCain fought for votes Tuesday on critical ground in Pennsylvania, the only Democratic state McCain is still contesting on a national political map growing increasingly daunting ...