Mark Penn has stepped aside as chief strategist in the wake of revelations that he lobbied on behalf of a trade treaty with Colombia that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton opposes.
Meeting for the last time as presidents, Vladimir V. Putin and President Bush again failed to come to agreement on American missile defenses in Europe.
AP - Mark Penn, the pollster and senior strategist for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, left the campaign Sunday after it was disclosed he met with representatives of the Colombian government to help promote a free trade agreement Clinton opposes.
AP - White House officials waged an extraordinary campaign during an 11-hour Air Force One flight to put a positive spin on the outcome of Sunday's summit talks between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
AP - Suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American troops and wounding 31, officials said.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist is giving up that post amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with Colombian officials over a free-trade deal the Democratic presidential hopeful opposes. Campaign manager Maggie Williams announced the move citing "the events of the last few days."
Protesters scuffled with police and made attempts to grab the Olympic torch and douse it with a fire extinguisher today as it arrived in London. The event triggered angry demonstrations over China's human rights record and recent unrest in Tibet ahead of this year's Summer Games in Beijing.