Articles by Louise Roug

762 articles since 1999

Proposal: tax credit for health benefits

National | By Louise Roug | July 14, 2008
Barack Obama continued his courtship of a crucial voting bloc in the coming election, using a Sunday appearance in front of a Latino civil rights and advocacy group to unveil a new element of his economic plan. Read more
 

John McCain, Barack Obama campaign in key Midwest states

National | By Louise Roug and Mave Reston | July 12, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama focused on energy today while Republican John McCain campaigned on women’s issues as the presidential campaigns turned to two pivotal Midwest states. Read more
 

Barack Obama and John McCain turn their attention to women’s issues

National | By Michael Muskal and Louise Roug | July 11, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama today criticized his likely Republican opponent on a range of women’s issues as the presidential campaign turned to a key voting group. Read more
 

McCain, Obama court Latino group

National | By Michael Muskal and Louise Roug | July 9, 2008
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will speak today at a convention of the nation’s oldest Latino advocacy organization as each eyes a key voting group in the November general election. Read more
 

Brinkley’s divorce turns an idyll into a spectacle

National | By Louise Roug | July 8, 2008
It began with a secret tryst in the Hamptons and is ending in front of television cameras outside a Long Island courthouse. Read more
 

Justices’ gun decision met with cheers, fears

National | By Miguel Bustillo and Louise Roug | June 27, 2008
Ben Cromeens has 17 guns at home, 13 that he bought and another four he inherited from his dad. Read more
 

Flushing library is a portal for immigrants

National | By Louise Roug | June 22, 2008
The Queens Library branch here sits at the intersection of five avenues, amid an array of Afghan, Indian, Korean and Vietnamese businesses in this busy borough downtown. Read more
 

Clinton rolls to an easy win in Puerto Rico

National | By Louise Roug and Michael Finnegan | June 2, 2008
Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an easy victory in today’s Puerto Rico primary, a widely expected win that underscores the advantage she has held among Latino voters over Democratic rival Barack Obama. Read more
 

Puerto Rico gets its moment in the political sun

National | By Louise Roug | June 1, 2008
This old university town, perched on a lush hillside in western Puerto Rico, is a world away from Pennsylvania Avenue.Yet the Democratic road to the White House, which has already passed through 48 states, goes through this commonwealth today. Read more
 

McCain and Obama spar over Iraq

National | By Maeve Reston, Louise Roug, and Michael Finnegan | May 31, 2008
The leading presidential candidates capped a weeklong debate over who has a better grasp of the situation in Iraq, with Barack Obama mocking John McCain on Friday for his apparent misstatements about the number of troops fighting the war. Read more
 
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