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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama won the Montana contest to pick the partys U.S. presidential candidate on Tuesday, defeating rival Hillary Clinton in the last race to choose a nominee for the November election, media projected.

Sen. John McCain portrayed himself as the candidate of "right change" Tuesday night, as Sen. Barack Obama moved closer to becoming the Democratic candidate to challenge the presumptive GOP nominee in November.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton told supporters on Tuesday that she is open to being Barack Obamas vice presidential running mate, a Democratic lawmaker and a party aide said.

As Sen. Barack Obama closed in on the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, polling showed Sen. Hillary Clinton ahead in South Dakota where she scored big with her core constituencies.

The House majority whip, the top ranking African-American in Congress, said Tuesday he will support Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jesse Jackson, a two-time U.S. presidential candidate and long-time black civil rights leader, on Tuesday called Barack Obamas march to capture the Democratic presidential nomination a "transformational moment."

Actress Gina Gershon is demanding a retraction from Vanity Fair after the magazine reported "high-end Hollywood dinner-party gossip" that former President Clinton "has been seen visiting" her in California.

Hillary Clintons campaign has apologized for "inappropriate" language used by her husband in response to what it called an "outrageously unfair" article about the former president.

A new Vanity Fair article scrutinizes Bill Clintons post-presidential behavior, and the former president unleashes a tirade against the reporter. Is it possible that Clinton had a journalistic point in his latest, outraged, self-serving and self-destructive rant? - [Read more]

Amid pressure from fellow Democrats and published reports to the contrary, Sen. Hillary Clintons campaign denied Tuesday morning that she will concede that Sen. Barack Obama has enough delegates to secure the partys presidential nomination. - [Read more]

As the final Democratic votes are cast, the focus turns to superdelegates like Rep. James Clyburn. The House Democratic whip will endorse Sen. Barack Obama today. Obama hopes to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination this week. - [Read more]

Barack Obama was wooing superdelegates as Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared what aides described as a farewell speech to sum up the case for her candidacy.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.

Senator John McCain said that Senator Barack Obama’s policies toward Iraq and Iran would create chaos and endanger the United States and Israel.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is endorsing Barack Obama for president, his office said on Monday.

Bill Clinton lamented Monday that it might be his last day as a campaigner, even as he vented the kind of anger that keeps getting him into trouble.

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Barack Obama is gingerly fitting himself with the cloth of a partisan Democrat despite having long proclaimed himself above such politics.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton is poised to deliver a message Tuesday "that she will do whatever it takes" to put a Democrat in the White House -- a message that Sen. Barack Obama insiders say indicates she would accept an offer to be Obamas running mate if asked.

DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading backer of presidential contender Barack Obama, had successful surgery on Monday to remove a malignant brain tumor and should suffer "no permanent neurological effects," his surgeon said.

The House majority whip and the top ranking African-American in Congress is expected to endorse Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, several sources told CNN.

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