Frank James

by Frank James Sen. John McCain's new television ad in New Hampshire is meant to get voters there who supported him eight years ago to relive that excitement by giving...

by John Chase WEST DES MOINES--As general manager and co-owner of one of the Des Moines' areas most popular concert venues, Chris Cardani has become one in-demand guy. Almost every...

Rock star John Mellencamp performs during the last stop of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards 36-hour bus tour around Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 in West Des Moines, Iowa....

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important, most interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. Hundreds of Kenyans died in continuing violence following the disputed...

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards greets the crowd during the final stop of his 36 hour campaign tour around Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008 in West Des Moines, Iowa....

by Frank James Sen. Barack Obama took some time from his efforts to win the Iowa caucuses to weigh into the Kenyan crisis, recording a statement for Voice of America...

by Frank James It's not quite the outside-the-government special prosecutor some congressional Democrats have demanded, but today Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to...

by Frank James A quick guided tour of some of the morning's most important, most interesting, or both, Washington-related stories. A Pakistani official said his nation's parliamentary elections which had...

by Rick Pearson DES MOINES—Republican Fred Thompson has been rejecting repeated criticism that he is lacking a certain fire-in-the-belly during his Iowa campaigning for president. But a new direct mail...

by Frank James Have a question about what's happening on the campaign trail? Here's your chance to ask us directly! It's time for our first-ever Swamp video chat with Tribune...