The State Department comes under fire as it reveals that passport records of Senators Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Clinton were all accessed without authorization within the past year. Although the investigation is ongoing, two of the persons involved have been fired. In more campaign news, New Mexico's governor Bill Richardson formally endorsed Barack Obama at a rally in Oregon today. Richardson said Obama started a discussion on race within the nation that "was long overdue". FSRN's Katharine Jarmul has more in this week's political news round-up.