Elizabeth Edwards

Former presidential hopeful John Edwards' attorneys are presenting his defense against charges that he masterminded a scheme to use nearly $1 million in secret payments to help hide his pregnant mistress as he ran for president. He has pleaded not guilty to six criminal counts, including conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting alleged contributions from two donors that exceeded the limits for his 2008 presidential campaign, and filing false and misleading campaign-finance statements.

Former presidential hopeful John Edwards' attorneys are presenting his defense against charges that he masterminded a scheme to use nearly $1 million in secret payments to help hide his pregnant mistress as he ran for president. He has pleaded not guilty to six criminal counts, including conspiracy to violate the Federal Election Campaign Act, accepting alleged contributions from two donors that exceeded the limits for his 2008 presidential campaign, and filing false and misleading campaign-finance statements.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A former campaign spokeswoman for John Edwards testified Wednesday that his wife angrily confronted a key donor about the man's support for the presidential candidate's pregnant mistress in 2007 at a hotel in Iowa. Jennifer Palmieri also said she eventually distanced herself from Edwards after he acknowledged the affair in an August 2008 television interview but was not truthful about the baby he had with his mistress. The former aide later on the stand at Edwards's corruption trial while discussing her friendship with Elizabeth Edwards.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A former campaign spokeswoman for John Edwards testified Wednesday that his wife angrily confronted a key donor about the man's support for the presidential candidate's pregnant mistress in 2007 at a hotel in Iowa. Jennifer Palmieri also said she eventually distanced herself from Edwards after he acknowledged the affair in an August 2008 television interview but was not truthful about the baby he had with his mistress. The former aide later on the stand at Edwards's corruption trial while discussing her friendship with Elizabeth Edwards.

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards is gravely ill and doctors have told her she has only a few weeks to live, according to a family friend who is among those who have gathered with Edwards at her North Carolina home. The family issued a statement yesterday that said doctors have told her that further treatment for her cancer would be unproductive, and the family friend further described Edwards’s condition. The friend said Edwards was briefly hospitalized last week and received treatment, but doctors have now told her that she may have only a couple months of life left.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A former adviser to John Edwards recounted Wednesday how the former presidential candidate's now-deceased wife confronted her husband, baring her chest in front of staff members the day after a tabloid reported that he was cheating on her. During a session that saw Edwards's daughter leave the courtroom in tears, Christina Reynolds described how Elizabeth Edwards stormed away from her husband, then collapsed. She returned to confront her husband again. In front of several staff members, the woman who had endured treatments for breast...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month made no mention of her estranged husband and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The document signed Dec. 1, six days before her death, also named her eldest child, lawyer Cate Edwards, as the executor of her estate. In the will, filed in Orange County Superior Court in North Carolina, Edwards left personal effects, furniture, automobiles, and other property to be divided among her children — Cate, 28, 12-year-old Emma Claire, and 10-year-old Jack.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former presidential candidate John Edwards said yesterday that he still cares deeply about his wife despite the couple’s separation. “It is an extraordinarily sad moment, but I love my children more than anything and still care deeply about Elizabeth,’’ Edwards said in a statement. A friend of Elizabeth Edwards confirmed yesterday that the couple is separated. Elizabeth’s sister, Nancy Anania, said she remains strong. “She’s doing as well as you could expect,’’ Anania said.

WASHINGTON -- Presidential spokesman Tony Snow will undergo surgery to remove a small growth in his lower abdomen, a procedure he said yesterday was being done "out of an aggressive sense of caution" because he had colon cancer two years ago. Snow said cancer tests have been negative since the growth, which is about the size of the tip of his small finger, was discovered in his lower right pelvic area. He said he feels fine but decided to have it removed now rather than continue to monitor it. "Please do not leap to conclusions about this because we don't know what...

A former campaign spokeswoman for John Edwards will testify about a 2007 argument where the presidential candidate's wife confronted donors about support for her husband's pregnant mistress. Jennifer Palmieri is expected to testify at Edwards' corruption trial Wednesday that she was in an Iowa hotel room in October 2007 when Elizabeth Edwards confronted campaign finance chairman Fred Baron and his wife about the couple's financial help to Rielle Hunter. John Edwards was also there.

A former campaign spokeswoman for John Edwards will testify about a 2007 argument where the presidential candidate's wife confronted donors about support for her husband's pregnant mistress. Jennifer Palmieri is expected to testify at Edwards' corruption trial Wednesday that she was in an Iowa hotel room in October 2007 when Elizabeth Edwards confronted campaign finance chairman Fred Baron and his wife about the couple's financial help to Rielle Hunter. John Edwards was also there.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A former adviser to John Edwards recounted Wednesday how the former presidential candidate's now-deceased wife confronted her husband, baring her chest in front of staff members the day after a tabloid reported that he was cheating on her. During a session that saw Edwards's daughter leave the courtroom in tears, Christina Reynolds described how Elizabeth Edwards stormed away from her husband, then collapsed. She returned to confront her husband again. In front of several staff members, the woman who had endured treatments for breast cancer took off...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - A key prosecution witness in the criminal trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards contacted other witnesses in the case to ask about their planned testimony, a possible violation of federal law, a judge said Monday. US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles said that former Edwards aide Andrew Young called the three other witnesses in the last two weeks. Eagles ruled that lawyers for Edwards could mention the improper contact to jurors in opening statements Monday, but barred them from using the term "witness tampering" or...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month made no mention of her estranged husband and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The document signed Dec. 1, six days before her death, also named her eldest child, lawyer Cate Edwards, as the executor of her estate. In the will, filed in Orange County Superior Court in North Carolina, Edwards left personal effects, furniture, automobiles, and other property to be divided among her children — Cate, 28, 12-year-old Emma Claire, and 10-year-old Jack.

RALEIGH, N.C. — With stories that spanned decades and spectrums, family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her yesterday as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn, and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of breast cancer. Edwards’s funeral drew hundreds to Edenton Street United Methodist Church, where she mourned her 16-year-old son, Wade, after he died in a car crash in 1996. She was to be buried next to him during a private ceremony.

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Edwards is gravely ill and doctors have told her she has only a few weeks to live, according to a family friend who is among those who have gathered with Edwards at her North Carolina home. The family issued a statement yesterday that said doctors have told her that further treatment for her cancer would be unproductive, and the family friend further described Edwards’s condition. The friend said Edwards was briefly hospitalized last week and received treatment, but doctors have now told her that she may have only a...

RALEIGH, N.C. — With stories that spanned decades and spectrums, family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her yesterday as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn, and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of breast cancer. Edwards’s funeral drew hundreds to Edenton Street United Methodist Church, where she mourned her 16-year-old son, Wade, after he died in a car crash in 1996. She was to be buried next to him during a private ceremony.

WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Edwards has lost a lot of her hair, which her young children find funny, and has received notes of encouragement from President Bush and Laura Bush as she undergoes treatment for breast cancer. The wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards described her battle with the disease, treatment and side effects in an interview yesterday on CNN's "Larry King Live. " John Edwards called the experience an "up-and-down ride" for the family.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards wants a “very private and personal’’ videotape back from a former aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents obtained yesterday. Rielle Hunter was granted a temporary restraining order against former Edwards aide Andrew Young in a North Carolina court. It seeks the return of photos and videos, including one she says she made in 2006 while working for Edwards. “In or about September 2006, using my video camera, I authored a personal video recording that depicted matters...