MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Racial issues are sure to come up Monday night as the Democratic presidential candidates debate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in South Carolina, the first state of the campaign season with a significant number of black voters....

9:13 P.M. CST | A pretty heated debate overall. Obama really called the Clintons out, saying their attacks on his record are untrue. Lots of bickering between all the candidates, but especially Obama and Clinton. The constantly clapping audience really...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for political gain Monday night in a highly personal, finger-wagging debate that ranged...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Democratic presidential contenders spoke warmly of Martin Luther King Jr. - and sometimes of each other, too - on Monday's national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader. In a ceremony on the steps of the state Capitol,...

State political parties have different ways of selecting their delegates â€" either a primary or a caucus. A primary is completed in one day and is often binding, while a caucus is the first step of many in a process which usually ends with the selection...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama challenged Bill Clinton's truthfulness Monday in a deepening feud with the husband of Obama's Democratic presidential rival. Obama's rebuke of the former president, who is still extremely popular with Democrats, came on...

Sen. John McCain won a hard-fought South Carolina primary Saturday night, avenging a bitter personal defeat in a bastion of conservatism and gaining ground in an unpredictable race for the Republican presidential nomination. Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton...

WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain claimed a sweet South Carolina victory that eluded him in 2000 â€" and, if history is a guide, may have set himself on course to become the GOP presidential nominee. No Republican since 1980 has won the party's nod without...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton laid down a winning hand in Nevada. So did Barack Obama. After a brawling presidential contest in the state, Clinton heads into the next battleground of South Carolina with another popular vote victory. But Obama,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has wind at her back. Barack Obama could use a gale. After a brawling presidential contest in Nevada, Clinton heads into the next battleground of South Carolina with back-to-back victories. For Obama, whose Jan....

Text of a statement released Saturday by Democrat Barack Obama after the Nevada caucuses: "We're proud of the campaign we ran in Nevada. We came from over 25 points behind to win more national convention delegates than Hillary Clinton because we performed...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is giving charity more than $40,000 in past political contributions linked to Chicago real estate developer and fast food magnate Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is facing federal corruption charges,...