Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she thought the Election Day contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would be closer. But she added that, in...

A federal grand jury in Memphis, Tenn., has indicted two white supremacists accused of plotting to kill Democrat Barack Obama and dozens of other black people.

A look at the uncalled races from Election Day, including those states yet to be called in the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama, the president-elect, and...

Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, tracking solid overnight gains on Wall Street, as uncertainty about the next leader of the world’s largest economy was lifted...

Text of Democrat Barack Obama’s speech in Chicago after winning the presidential election, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:

Democrat Barack Obama gained lopsided support from Hispanics in Tuesday’s election, winning solidly among voters with whom President Bush had made inroads in...

Seeking a transcendent victory, Democrat Barack Obama made a final-hour push for Republican-leaning Indiana on Tuesday after casting his own ballot with his young...

Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama joined voters eager to cast ballots on Tuesday before making one last pitch for supporters to turn out for their...

Democrat Barack Obama’s bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey Tuesday, while Republican John McCain...

Numbers and more numbers from the 2008 presidential campaign cycle and the journeys of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain:

Democrat Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch, N.H., where the nation’s first Election Day votes were cast and counted...

Democrat Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch, N.H., where the nation’s first Election Day votes were cast and counted...

Democrat Barack Obama tells ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” it’s time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while...

Boxing promoter Don King, who backed President Bush in 2004, encouraged voters on Monday to see beyond race and elect Democrat Barack Obama the nation’s first...

Aiming for a last-minute upset, Republican John McCain embarked on a grueling odyssey through seven swing states Monday while Democrat Barack Obama was headed toward...

It’s lunchtime, and Mary Goode is leaning toward voting for Republican John McCain. By dinner, she admits she might be for Democrat Barack Obama.

House Republican leader John Boehner has used a vulgar expression to refer to Democrat Barack Obama and his voting record in the Illinois legislature.

Democrat Barack Obama says voters can end divisive politics “once and for all” if they elect him to the White House in three days.

Riding a wave of voter discontent over a failing economy, Democrat Barack Obama has solid leads in northeastern, midwestern and western Democratic enclaves and has...

Democrat Barack Obama got annoyed with the media Friday as he tried to walk down a Chicago street with his 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who was dressed up in a shiny...