AP - NAME — Nancy Pelosi.

AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her closing argument to Iowa voters Wednesday evening during a televised message in which she tells them to 'take the first step' toward changing the direction of the country by voting for her at the caucuses.

AP - John Edwards capped his Iowa transformation from 2004's sunny optimist to 2008's fiery populist Wednesday night, urging a caucus-eve crowd of 3,000 to take back 'our democracy' from greedy corporations.

AP - Democrat Barack Obama has put to rest the question of whether a black presidential candidate can win in white America.

AP - Republican Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses by campaigning as an honest conservative, yet he has made a series of blunders that raise questions about his credibility.

AP - A quarter-century has elapsed since the U.S. experienced as long a pause in executions as the one the Supreme Court has occasioned with its current examination of lethal injections.

AP - Mike Huckabee's offbeat antics — what some would call stunts — helped propel him to the front of the Republican presidential pack after a decade honing that 'bumper sticker' style as governor of Arkansas.

CQPolitics.com - With the election in 11 months and the primary still nine months away, New York's 20th district is already one of the most expensive Congressional races in the country.

AP - Maybe it was the sight of a strong woman finally showing some emotion.

CQPolitics.com - Liberal activists, disgruntled that the Democratic Party takeover of Congress has not expedited an end to the Iraq war, have threatened to sponsor 2008 primary challenges to House Democrats who they believe haven't been tough enough in standing up to President Bush.

Reuters - Republican White House hopefuls differ over whether the United States is headed for a recession but agree the economy faces serious risks -- from housing market turmoil to record-high oil prices.

Reuters - Japan is seeking permission from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to retaliate against the United States over a controversial U.S. method for dealing with unfairly priced imports, a WTO document showed on Friday.

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council on Friday strongly condemned an attack by Sudanese army troops on a peacekeeping convoy and threatened action against anyone hindering the deployment of international peacekeepers.

AFP - US Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton have emerged as nationwide leaders in their respective Republican and Democratic parties, despite early setbacks in the primary election campaign, new opinion polls released late Sunday showed.

AP - Standing in front of the Harlem office building where Bill Clinton has his post-presidential office, Audrey Quantano said she has supported the former president and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 'for a very long time.'

AP - One thing about the Republican presidential race is certain — the nomination won't be by acclamation.

AP - The first two Democratic presidential contests have taught Barack Obama a lesson — as women go, so goes the state.

AP - A New Jersey congressman introduced a bill Thursday in the House that would offer $600 million to voting districts across the nation that convert to paper ballots or put in audit systems in time for the November presidential election.

AP - Voters in two states a continent apart were choosing Saturday among Republican and Democratic candidates for president in contests shadowed by racial politics and the threat of recession.

AP - Mitt Romney, who has pledged to bring his business sense to the White House, outlined an economic stimulus package Saturday far bigger than anything President Bush, congressional leaders or top presidential rivals have suggested.

AFP - The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy discussed the situation in Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo Saturday, at an informal meeting in Slovenia.

AP - Barack Obama wasn't kidding when he said he would start speaking out more aggressively against the Clintons.

AFP - US Senate majority leader Harry Reid on Tuesday asked President George W. Bush to slash aid to Pakistan if upcoming elections in the troubled Asian nation are not free and fair.

AP - Rudy Giuliani splurged on Florida, lavishing time and money on a high-risk gamble that the state would vault him to the Republican presidential nomination.

AP - Mike Huckabee's cash-strapped presidential campaign has scraped together enough money to run a new TV ad — in limited fashion.

AFP - The United States pushed forward with its own agenda on climate change Friday despite criticism that Washington is attempting to undermine the global effort led by the United Nations.

AP - The questions surrounding Barack Obama's victory in South Carolina: Was the split between white and black voters an anomaly in a state were the Confederate flag still flies on the statehouse grounds? Or has the Clinton campaign successfully marginalized him as the 'black candidate?'

AFP - US Senator Barack Obama's quest for the US presidency was expected to receive a major boost Monday as leading Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy planned to formally endorse his White House bid.

AP - The state of their union? Icy.

AP - John McCain has emerged as the man to beat for the Republican nomination.

AFP - John McCain took pole position in the Republican White House race on Wednesday, securing the endorsement of Rudolph Giuliani with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger poised to follow suit.