WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama Monday began hitting his Republican challenger's involvement in the 1989-90 savings-and-loan scandal.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The adviser who helped John McCain re-write campaign finance laws is now helping him exploit their loopholes, The New York Times reported Saturday.

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama Thursday jumped on Republican rival John McCain's admission he doesn't know how many houses he owns.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Democratic Party says it wants the U.S. Federal Election Commission to investigate John McCain's withdrawal from the public campaign financing program.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- The pastor who presided at Jenna Bush's wedding blasted U.S. Sen. John McCain for suggesting in jest his wife for a pageant featuring topless competitors.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The adviser who prepped U.S. Sen. John McCain for a talk with the president of Georgia had a lobbying contract with the Georgian government, records indicate.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A Florida newspaper says John McCain's campaign extended a personal apology to an African-American reporter who was ejected from a rally.

WASHINGTON, July 25 (UPI) -- Say this for Sen. Barack Obama: He continues to confound all the expectations of friends and foes alike.

WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) -- The campaign of likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain says it has divested a large donation from a legally troubled Florida businessman.