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The top U.S. commander in Iraq predicted Friday that some of the extra troops President Bush is sending could make an impact and start returning home by late summer, an optimistic note in contrast to skepticism about the plan back home

Democratic presidential contender John Edwards and his cancer-stricken wife Elizabeth defended their decision to continue his White House bid Sunday, but the former senator said voters' questions about the decision to keep running are legitimate.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed its fifth religion-related lawsuit in 13 years alleging that a Lousiana principal improperly allowed people to distribute Bibles to students

CQPolitics.com - Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn already held a significant distinction in African-American politics: His election in 1992 made him the first black congressman from South Carolina since 1897, as racial barriers that had stood for most of a century gave way.