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This week's highlights in political events from Washington and across the country.
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Voters are going to the polls around the country to vote for various levels of political officials. Some races, such as those for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, have national implications, while races in other states are primarily local.
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Virginians went to the polls on Tuesday for an off-year election with races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and the state House of Delegates. Republicans are anticipating their first major win here since 2004.
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This week's highlights in political events from Washington and across the country.
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Thousands of campaign staffers and volunteers fan out across the state, knocking on doors and making phone calls to urge that voters go to the polls Tuesday and cast a ballot for Republican Robert F. McDonnell or Democrat R. Creigh Deeds in the closely watched race for Virginia governor.
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President Obama and his family have been active in appearing before the media at community events, rallies and with their dog.
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As landmark health-care legislation moves to the Senate floor, attention in Washington has turned to Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a moderate Republican whose vote can be unpredictable.
AUDIO GALLERY
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
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The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies gather Sept. 24 and 25, in Pittsburgh to discuss whether it is time to wind down stimulus efforts and talk about what can be done to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.
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Representatives from countries around the world gathered at U.N. headquarters in New York for a meeting of the General Assembly in September 2009.
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President Obama spoke to a large crowd at the University of Maryland hoping to infuse a new sense of enthusiasm in young Americans about the health-care debate.
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After Sen. Max Baucus introduced a $856 billion health-care bill, the Senate Finance Committee debated the bill seeking to decrease the cost for middle-class families and keep it from adding to the federal deficit.
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Orangeburg, S.C., lies at the heart of the Old South, a working-class, well-educated city where the burden of race still hovers over the sleepy historic downtown.
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President Obama moved swiftly during his first seven months in office, even as opinion polls showed waning support for some of his policies. These images highlight some of his accomplishments and the challenges he has faced as president.
The Bush-Cheney Legacy
The Washington Post's key coverage of George W. Bush's presidency.
The Washington Post's key coverage of George W. Bush's presidency.
Inauguration Multimedia 2009
Multimedia leading up to and including the historic Inauguration of the 44th president.
Multimedia leading up to and including the historic Inauguration of the 44th president.
Video: In The Moment
Witnessing Barack Obama's Historic Inauguration
Witnessing Barack Obama's Historic Inauguration
Inauguration Photos 2009
Photos from the swearing in ceremony of President Obama, the parade and the inaugural balls.
Photos from the swearing in ceremony of President Obama, the parade and the inaugural balls.
Candidates in Run up to November 4 Election
PHOTO GALLERIES | Weekly galleries of presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain as they continue to campaign up to the November 4 election.
PHOTO GALLERIES | Weekly galleries of presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain as they continue to campaign up to the November 4 election.
Scenes from the Debates
PHOTO GALLERIES |Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain and running mates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin debate before the Novemenber 4 election.
PHOTO GALLERIES |Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain and running mates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin debate before the Novemenber 4 election.
Video Haiku: The Campaign in Moments
A periodic series of images captured from the world of presidential politics.
A periodic series of images captured from the world of presidential politics.
Republican National Convention 2008
PHOTO GALLERIES | Daily galleries of the 2008 Republican National Convention.
PHOTO GALLERIES | Daily galleries of the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Democratic National Convention 2008
PHOTO GALLERIES | Daily galleries of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
PHOTO GALLERIES | Daily galleries of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Interactive: Democratic Marathon
Barack Obama claims victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton after a long and grueling battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Barack Obama claims victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton after a long and grueling battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A President's Retreat
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln often sought refuge from official Washington in a 36-room retreat on the grounds of Soldier's Home, an armed forced retirement community. A seven-year, $17 million restoration of the historic space known as President Lincoln's Cottage is now complete.
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln often sought refuge from official Washington in a 36-room retreat on the grounds of Soldier's Home, an armed forced retirement community. A seven-year, $17 million restoration of the historic space known as President Lincoln's Cottage is now complete.
MULTIMEDIA: As the presidential primaries near, voters agonize over a prolonged war. Videojournalist Travis Fox traveled to New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina to document the conflicting views on the war.
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The Front-runners: A revealing look at each of the leading presidential candidates
Audio Panoramas: Showdown in Texas and Ohio
Washingtonpost.com journalists have created a special multimedia presentation highlighting likely voters in the Ohio and Texas primaries.
Washingtonpost.com journalists have created a special multimedia presentation highlighting likely voters in the Ohio and Texas primaries.
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The Life and Career of Gerald S. J. Cassidy: How Lobbying Became Washington's Biggest Business.
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A selection of the best images by Post photographers this year.
Featuring the best work by multimedia journalists and interactive designers at washingtonpost.com.
Five years after the Taliban fled Kabul under the cover of night, signs of fragile but real progress abound. Simple pleasures once prohibited -- song and dance, the flutter of kites -- have resumed. And for the first time, women and girls once repressed under Taliban rule are able to take better control of their lives and their futures.
The Aswan High Dam is the starting point for a 690-mile journey along the river, through Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country.
Alberto Korda was born Alberto Diaz Gutierrez in Havana in 1928, the same year as Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. Korda captured the celebrated photograph of Che during his work as personal photographer to Fidel Castro. In the book 'Cuba by Korda,' available Sept. 15, 2006, rare photos of Fidel Castro and Guevara, as well as the stories behind the photographs.
In the 25 years of the epidemic, treatment has improved, but the issues of social isolation, and, often, economic instability remain.
Current photos from Capitol Hill by Washington Post Photojournalist Melina Mara.
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