McCain announces Sarah Palin as his running mate in Dayton, Ohio. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
McCain Chooses Youth With Palin Pick
With strong social conservative credentials, Sarah Palin will be the first woman on a GOP ticket.
Ashwin Madia talks on the phone with a supporter in New York as he stands next to a map of Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District in his Maple Grove, Minn., campaign office. Madia, a former Marine, is seeking the Democratic endorsement for the seat being vacated by retiring Congressman Jim Ramstad, a Republican. (Jim Mone/AP)
From the Battlefield to the Campaign Trail
In Minnesota congressional race, a veteran of Iraq takes on a veteran politician.
John McCain pictured during an interview with U.S.News & World Report in 1973 after his release from captivity in Vietnam. (Thomas J. O'Halloran for USN&WR / Library of Congress)
John McCain: One POW's Fresh Appraisal of U.S.
A 1973 interview with Cdr. John McCain III.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, center, is joined by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, D-Ala. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, as he arrives to report on the economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
McCain, Obama Focus on Economy
The weak economy is a central focus of the presidential campaign.
A Washington, D.C., police officer in the weapons room of the Evidence Control Branch displays a gun confiscated by police. (Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
The Supreme Court's Gun Decision
A victory for gun advocates, it is still unlikely to end other gun control debates.
Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., closes his eyes a the pastors leads a prayer for him at First Emanuel Baptist Church in New Orleans. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Religion's Role in the 2008 Election
A new survey suggests the complex role of faith in the race for the White House.
(Obama Presidential Campaign/AP)
Obama's Hawaiian Roots
Growing up with the "Aloha Spirit" helped make him the candidate he is today.
At book signing party in NW Washington (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
Huffington: McCain 'Hijacked by the Right'
In her new book, Arianna Huffington is critical of McCain and the Republican Party.
Sen. Barack Obama holds rally at Houston convention center with wife Michelle on March 3, 2008
The Candidates' Better Halves
Find out more about the "running mates."
Sen. Barack Obama photographed during an interview with USN&WR reporter Ken Walsh at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
