Today's Top Stories

Obama Faces His Overseas Audition

By KAREN TUMULTY / WASHINGTON

On his first trip outside the country as candidate, Obama must show he's in command of both symbolism and substance

85% of U.S. Unhappy with Economy

By BILL SAPORITO

An exclusive TIME/Rockefeller Foundation poll shows unprecedented dissatisfaction — and very little optimism

McCain and Bush's Uneasy Alliance

By JAMES CARNEY

John McCain has defied the President more than any other Republican, yet can't escape his shadow. An intimate look at the uneasy alliance that could cost McCain the election

Cracking Down on Tax Evaders

By BARBARA KIVIAT

A Senate subcommittee prepares to hear about the bankers and their ultra-rich clients who use overseas accounts to skirt U.S. tax laws

Can Britain Save Its Wayward Youth?

By CATHERINE MAYER / LONDON

A rise in knifings and other violence has British politicians looking for policies to combat its youth crime wave — and the social problems that foster it

TIME Blogs

Swampland

By Joe Klein

Fred Kaplan does his usual good job parsing the Iraq and Afghanistan sections of the McCain and Obama foreign policy speeches yesterday. But there was more to Obama's speech than just Iraq and Afghanistan.