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Barack Obama easily won Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. He has now won eight victories in a row over rival Hillary Clinton. John McCain also swept the three contests, adding to his extensive lead in GOP delegates.

The presidential election is three weeks away. According to polls, Democrat Barack Obama has a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain. The economy has become the top issue. McCain is expected to announce his economic plan Tuesday in Pennsylvania.

The Bush administration loses an ally in its war on terrorism. Musharraf's own future is unclear; after surviving repeated assassination attempts as president, he may now have to go into exile for his own safety.

Turkish police say there is a growing black-market trade in the country of U.S.-issued weapons from neighboring Iraq. The Turkish government has said it has found high numbers of weapons that appear to be from the United States in the hands of captured Kurdish separatists.

The next attorney general will inherit a wounded institution marred by scandal, desertions by senior staff, extremely low morale and a host of thorny issues, ranging from immigration to the treatment of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.

Amid an increase in Taliban attacks, U.S. officials are growing worried about the future of Afghanistan and the NATO-led military mission there. But military leaders see some progress in the American-led counterinsurgency effort in eastern Afghanistan.

President-elect Barack Obama has introduced his economic team. He pledged to focus on creating new jobs and relieving the tax burden on working families. Austan Goolsbee, a top economic adviser to Obama, discusses how economic recovery plans are taking shape.

President-elect Obama will take office at a time when a college education is both more valuable and more expensive than ever. To deliver aid, he could create an education tax credit, increase Pell Grant awards or simply "fix the economy."

Franqee Higgens is a 32-year-old electrical engineer living in Dallas, and a graduate of the U.S. government's Job Corps program. Higgens says that after some tough early years, Job Corps taught him more than just a trade.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joing Chiefs of Staff, spoke with the media Thursday morning about the administration's new strategy for Iraq.