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President-elect Barack Obama faces a challenge in picking his formal advisers: Does he shun Washington and fill the cabinet with outsiders who personify "change," or does he dip into ... (article)
Obama begins Cabinet-making, offering chief-of-staff post to Rep. Rahm Emanuel (episode)
Newly elected president Barack Obama faces extraordinary challenges. And how America handles two wars and a global economy in turmoil could depend on the team he assembles. "If Em...
Georgia is still red for a fourth consecutive presidential election, but in the Senate race, things aren't clear two days after Election Day. Votes are still being counted, and there ...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reputation suffered greatly from his cooperation with U.S. foreign policy during the terrifically unpopular war in Iraq. Prime Minister Gordon Bro...
Investigators in Mexico have begun examining the black box flight recorder from a plane that crashed in Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 14, including Mexican interior ministe...
When President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January, he'll take over a transformed executive branch with expanded power — more power than most presidents have had. New York Time...
Across the country this week Democrats are on a political high. Senators and members of Congress alike benefited at the polls from of the poor approval ratings of their Republican co...
Barack Obama's election to the top office in the United States was accomplished in part by his recruitment of thousands of new black voters. But though the president-elect is one of t...
Economist and op-ed columnist Jared Bernstein talks with The Takeaway about the Obama administration's challenge in pulling America out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The 2008 campaign season has come to an end and one thing that means is lots and lots of out-of-work politicos scrambling to find new gigs. Some of the winners will be headed to Washi...
President-elect Barack Obama will have a host of important decisions before him in the coming weeks. Among them - what sort of dog should he and his family choose as the new First Pet...
President Bush's approval rating has dipped below 30 percent and the Republicans got pummeled during this election cycle. It's clear that enthusiasm in the GOP base has eroded. To h...
There's economic news on both sides of the Atlantic this morning. In the United States, weekly jobless claims in the United States dipped to 481,000 and long-term claims jump to high...