WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Some 130 million American voters -- more than the entire population of Japan and enough to make them the world's 10th most populous country -- will go to the polls Tuesday in the most exciting and extraordinary election in modern times.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- After abandoning Michigan, John McCain's presidential campaign is staring defeat in the face because of the economic crisis in Ohio as well.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- What profiteth John McCain if his vice presidential candidate wins her debate but he gives up on Michigan?

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Maverick has made his move: Trailing in polls overall and on the economy, Sen. John McCain Wednesday boldly suspended his campaign and proposed the same for his first presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama scheduled for Friday night.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A critical, but murky aspect of the $700 billion financial bailout plan under debate in Washington is choosing a successor for the plan's designer.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized his Republican rival over comments in which he praised the deregulation of the financial industry.

WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- Sen. Ted Stevens, the uncrowned king of Alaska for 40 years, has fallen. The repercussions may transform American politics.

WASHINGTON, July 21 (UPI) -- For the millions who have accumulated a mountain of debt that keeps getting bigger because of high interest rates and fees, Congress will soon be targeting the ludicrously lucrative lending practices of America’s merchants of lucre. These have stranded John and Jane Doe on the edge of the precipice.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, a co-chairman of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's campaign, said Friday he was leaving the campaign.