Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks to reporters on his campaign charter en route to Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo
Barack Obama accused President Bush of "a false political attack" Thursday after Bush warned in Israel against appeasing terrorists - early salvos in a general election campaign that's already blazing even as Obama tries to sew up his party's nomination....(more)
In a monumental victory for the gay rights movement, the California Supreme Court overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage Thursday in a ruling that would allow same-sex couples in the nation's biggest state to tie the knot....(more)