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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton departs from the service entrance after a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington May 14, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Amid clamor to drop out, Clinton campaigns on

Fri May 16, 1:29 AM ET

BATH, South Dakota (Reuters) - Sitting on board Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the remnants of a colorful balloon replica of the candidate, once nearly life-size but now almost deflated and shriveled.

  • Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton listen as former Senator John Edwards speaks during the CNN/Nevada Democratic Party debate at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, November 15, 2007. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)
    Edwards rules out vice presidential run with Obama 6 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential contender John Edwards said on Friday he would not be Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's running mate, but did not rule out taking a role in an Obama administration.

  • President Bush is welcomed upon arrival by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (2nd L) in the Royal Terminal at the Riyadh-King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh May 16, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
    Bush in Saudi to press king on oil and Iran 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    RIYADH (Reuters) - President George W. Bush held talks with Saudi King Abdullah on Friday to seek help in taming record oil prices and shore up Arab support for his efforts to contain Iran's growing influence.

  • Republican presidential candidate Sen.John McCain (R-AZ) addresses employees about alternative energy sources at the Vestas Wind Technology plant in Portland, Oregon May 12, 2008. (Richard Clement/Reuters)
    McCain action helped Arizona developer: report Fri May 16, 1:05 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, according to a USA Today report.

  • U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during the Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem May 14, 2008. Bush stirred up the campaign to replace him by suggesting on Thursday that Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's pledge to talk to Iran's leader amounted to 'the false comfort of appeasement.' (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
    Democrats outraged by Bush "appeasement" remark Thu May 15, 5:46 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats erupted in outrage on Thursday after President George W. Bush suggested a pledge by the party's presidential front-runner Barack Obama to meet Iran's leader was akin to appeasement of Nazi Germany.

  • A U.S. soldier takes up position to secure the site of a bomb attack that targeted Sunni Islamic political party headquarters, which police said killed three people and wounded 23 others in Baghdad's Yarmouk district, May 14, 2008. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)
    House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan Thu May 15, 7:01 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, defeated legislation on Thursday to fund the war in Iraq for another year.

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) speaks to supporters during a campaign rally stop at the Pella town hall in Pella, Iowa December 5, 2007. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Senators say have accord on housing rescue Thu May 15, 9:20 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday they have agreed to the underpinnings of a housing rescue plan that will create a federal backstop for failing loans.

  • Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York September 4, 2007. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    Gov. proposes to give Alaskans $100 a month for gas Thu May 15, 10:03 PM ET

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Faced with some of America's highest energy costs, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proposed a plan on Thursday to provide state residents with special debit cards good for $100 of fuel every month.

  • Defense Secretary Robert Gates answers a question during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington May 8, 2008. (Molly Riley/Reuters)
    Gates names troop protection and care as top priority Thu May 15, 9:33 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he wants to see major changes in three areas before he leaves the Pentagon -- unmanned aircraft, protective gear for troops and medical care for the wounded.

  • Senate votes to override media ownership rule Thu May 15, 10:06 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Thursday to overturn new, looser media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, defying a White House threat to veto the measure.

  • Chinese military build-up "counterproductive": U.S. Thu May 15, 7:00 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's military build-up opposite Taiwan is counterproductive and fans pro-independence tendencies on the island, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said on Thursday.

  • Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico Thu May 15, 7:08 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels.

  • A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla, May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)
    McCain: U.S. can win Iraq war by 2013 Thu May 15, 4:17 PM ET

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, leaving a functioning democracy there and allowing most U.S. troops to come home.

  • U.S. reassures Brazil on territorial waters and fleet Thu May 15, 5:08 PM ET

    BRASILIA (Reuters) - The United States will respect Brazil's maritime claims, including offshore oil reserves, and will use a new naval fleet in Latin America mostly for peaceful purposes, the U.S. commander for the region said on Thursday.

  • Reopening NAFTA too risky: ex-Mexican president Thu May 15, 4:44 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reopening the North American Free Trade Agreement to address concerns raised by U.S. Democratic presidential candidates could kill the three-way pact, former Mexican President Carlos Salinas said on Thursday.

  • U.S. House approves more veteran, jobless benefits Thu May 15, 3:51 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars would get expanded education benefits, while unemployment benefits for jobless Americans would be lengthened under legislation passed on Thursday by the House of Representatives.

  • Farm workers of the Ocean Mists Farms harvest artichokes outside Castroville in Salinas Valley, California April 4, 2008. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)
    Congress says can override Bush farm bill veto Thu May 15, 3:17 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval on Thursday to a $289 billion farm bill that expands programs to help feed poor Americans, and lawmakers said Congress could easily override a presidential veto.

  • A U.S. soldier takes up position to secure the site of a bomb attack that targeted Sunni Islamic political party headquarters, which police said killed three people and wounded 23 others in Baghdad's Yarmouk district, May 14, 2008. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)
    House defeats $162.5 bln in new war funds Thu May 15, 4:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defeated legislation that would have funded the war in Iraq for another year, in a surprise move that the Senate could overturn.

  • A U.S. officer walks in front of a column of armoured vehicles from Bravo Company (Bulldogs), 1-502 Infantry Battalion during a patrol on the edge of the Shi'ite-dominated Baghdad neighbourhood of Shulla May 12, 2008. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)
    U.S. House sets Iraq troop pullout goal for end-2009 Thu May 15, 3:47 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush by passing legislation on Thursday that would set the end of 2009 as the goal for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

  • President George W. Bush (R) and Vice President Dick Cheney meet Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington January 29, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Bush, Cheney assets stable as economy slowed Thu May 15, 12:40 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. economy slowed in 2007, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney saw their assets stay stable, according to financial disclosure reports released by the White House on Thursday.