Mark Silva

by Mark Silva President Bush has gone to the Pentagon this morning for closed-door briefings about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is expected to emerge with advice that...

by Mark Silva A lot of Democrats are so wed to their choice for president that they'd sooner switch parties than fight for their candidate's rival, according to a new...

The presidential palace in New Delhi. Photo by Mark Silva by Mark Silva The presidential palace in New Delhi was built, less than a century ago, as headquarters for the...

by Mark Silva and with an update from Messiah Messiah College, a small Christian school in Pennsylvania staging a bipartisan "Compassion Forum'' in early April – nine days before the...

by Mark Silva First Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1984, suggested that Sen. Barack Obama wouldn't have gotten where he is today "if he was a...

Chelsea Clinton, 28, fielded a long-averted question at Butler University in Indianapolis today. (AP Photo / The Star, Charlie Nye) by Mark Silva The campaign trail is long, and rocky....

by Mark Silva Train wrecks ahead: The Social Security trust fund will run out of assets in 2041, the program's trustees said today, repeating an earlier projection. And spending on...

by Mark Silva "The Obama girl'' -- Amber Lee Ettinger -- has returned with a new Web-video that rises to the defense of the Democratic candidate for president in his...

Sen. Hillary Clinton, campaigning in Pittsburgh today, fielded questions from reporters and entered the pastor-flap. (AP Photo by Charles Dharapak) by Don Frederick It took a while, but Hillary Clinton...

by Mark Silva Okay, Barack Obama is offering dinner with the candidate. Now John McCain is offering a ride on the "Straight Talk Express.'' That's the trademark campaign bus of...