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Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama planned an economic town hall meeting at Cape Girardeau in southeast Missouri Tuesday, a visit viewed as an attempt to court swing state and working-class voters.

The Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would give police officers, firefighters and other first responders the right to unionize but take away their ability to go on strike.

Sen. Barack Obama picked up the endorsement Tuesday of superdelegate Roy Romer, a former Colorado governor who later served as superintendent of Los Angeles public schools.

The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.

A new poll shows Barack Obama has a huge lead over Hillary Clinton in Oregon as the state heads into the final week before counting its ballots in a primary election that could be the deciding factor in the Democratic nomination.

Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary as her campaign tried to use the contest to raise doubts about front-runner Barack Obama's electability in the fall.

Former President Bill Clinton was closing out his Oregon barnstorming campaign Tuesday with a swing through the southern end of the state.

If we were not bogged down in Iraq in our “oil” war, I would be fully in favor of sending troops in and forcing our way into Burma militarily with aid.

Should she lose or abandon her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton will have to deal with her campaign's more than $20 million debt - a step that could test her relationship with Barack Obama and raise new issues in campaign finance law.