Even before Barack Obama takes office in January, effectively crowning Chicago as the site of the western White House, the city is enjoying a moment of triumph that spills well beyond the confines of politics.

In a White House speech Thursday, President George W. Bush cautioned that the nation could be vulnerable during the transition.

The road to winning Indiana's 11 electoral votes and, potentially, the White House goes through southern Indiana.

The marathon campaign for the White House nears its conclusion on Tuesday with voters poised to select the 44th president of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain may be down in the polls, but running mate Sarah Palin remains focused on winning the White House, ABC News said on Wednesday after initially reporting the Alaska governor was looking beyond 2008.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 7-point lead over Republican rival John McCain with five days left in the race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AFP) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Sunday brushed off opinion polls indicating he is set to lose against Barack Obama, insisting that his bid for the White House is still afloat.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain, scrambling to overcome Barack Obama's lead in the polls, will assure supporters on Monday he will bounce back even though his Democratic rival is already "measuring the drapes" at the White House.

Three days after the White House's $700 billion rescue plan was approved, it looks like a pebble tossed into a churning sea.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (IPS) - While the U.S. Senate's approval of a
controversial nuclear deal with India was hailed by the White
House Thursday as a major advance in Washington's
"strategic relationship" with the South Asian giant,
weapons experts warned that it dealt a serious blow to more than
30 years of U.S. and international non-proliferation efforts.