President George W. Bush opened his reelection bid Tuesday night along largely partisan lines as he defended the war in Iraq, pushed for further tax cuts, and nearly endorsed a constitutional ban on gay marriage. Read more...

The UCLA College named Patricia O’Brien, current dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of California at Riverside, as its executive dean Tuesday. Read more...

With the November presidential election steadily approaching, President Bush was eager to highlight recent improvements in the economy during his State of the Union address Tuesday. Read more...

The war in Iraq doubtlessly will be one of the most important issues at stake when voters turn out to determine whether they will re-elect President Bush in 2004. Read more...

Since terrorist attacks shocked the country on Sept. 11 2001, the Bush administration has made domestic security a top priority, spending billions of dollars and merging several security organizations to form a Homeland Security Department. Read more...

Journalists, politicians and citizens watching TV or listening to the radio anticipated most of what President Bush said during the third State of the Union address of his term. Read more...

If Tuesday’s State of the Union address was President Bush’s kickoff to his reelection campaign, then his bid to keep the White House includes an anti-civil rights message that would deter the progress and basic fairness sought by millions of gay Americans. Read more...