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Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Clinton Rally Party

by: Adam Nagourney, The New York Times

The Democratic nominees for president and vice president, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, on stage together at the convention. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

Denver - Barack Hussein Obama, a freshman senator who defeated the first family of Democratic Party politics with a call for a fundamentally new course in politics, was nominated by his party on Wednesday to be the 44th president of the United States. The unanimous vote made Mr. Obama the first African-American to become a major party nominee for president. »

Obama Moves to Confront Swift Boaters

by: Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post

Denver - Sen. Barack Obama's campaign and its allies, mindful of the lessons of the Swift boat attacks of 2004, have begun an aggressive, multi-pronged attack on an advertisement running in swing states that seeks to link the Democratic presidential candidate to former domestic terrorist William Ayers.

With threats of legal action, boycotts and a response ad launched quietly to avoid publicity, the Obama campaign has put conservative donors and television stations on notice that 2008 will not be 2004, when Sen. John F. »

Bush Steps Up Fight Over Balance of Power

by: Matt Apuzzo, The Associated Press

Washington - The Bush administration is raising the stakes in a court fight that could change the balance of power between the White House and Congress.

Justice Department lawyers said Wednesday that they will soon ask a federal appeals court not to force the president's top advisers to comply with congressional subpoenas next month. President Bush argues that Congress doesn't have the authority to demand information from his aides. »