The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.
The president-elect pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants their advice.
Richard Nixon's reputation takes a fresh pounding every time the National Archives releases another batch of audio tapes from his presidency, and today's opening of nearly 200 hours of Nixon White House recordings is no exception.
AP: NBC News is close to naming chief White House correspondent David Gregory as Tim Russert's replacement on the political talk show Meet the Press, a network executive said Tuesday.
Anticipation is growing over possible pardons by President Bush. Conservative columnist William Kristol argues that the president should consider pardoning €œeveryone who served in good faith in the war on terror.
The Florida Republican senator, who has struggled to boost his approval rating since taking office, will not seek a second term in 2010, a state Republican party official said Tuesday.
President Bush's former political director says the national security team named by Barack Obama represents, to a substantial degree, continuity especially in hot spots like Iraq and Afghanistan.
If you're planning a trip to the Jan. 20 inaugural ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama, be warned: Backpacks, signs, umbrellas and thermoses are forbidden.
President-elect Barack Obama's choice to become the next attorney general, Eric Holder, once defended the Bush administration's arguments for holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, a position that runs counter to his more recent comments € and to a signature policy of the incoming administration.
The President, trying to emphasize the softer side of his policy record before leaving office, thanks volunteers who have served as mentors to children of prisoners.
In the career of Eric H. Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama€s attorney general choice, there is one notable blemish: Holder€s role in the 2001 pardon of billionaire financier Marc Rich.
AP - President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet.
AP - President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures by helping struggling homeowners with their mortgages.
AP - A top Chrysler executive warned Wednesday that a carmaker collapse could send the economy spiraling into a depression, while the United Auto Workers agreed to new concessions for their companies.
Reuters - California congressman Xavier Becerra appears to be a leading candidate to become President-elect Barack Obama's chief trade negotiator, U.S. business lobbyists said on Wednesday.
Politico - Al Franken’s campaign attorney Marc Elias said today that, based on its latest internal tally, Franken has taken the lead over Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) for the first time in the recount process.
AP - The federal government has recommended a site in Kansas for a new $450 million laboratory to study biological threats like anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday.
AP - A cigarette maker and a smoker's widow squared off for the third time at the Supreme Court on Wednesday over a $79.5 million punitive damages award, but the real battle was between the justices and their counterparts on Oregon's high court.
AFP - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama met Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Wednesday, the latest leg of a European tour which has upset Beijing and led to the postponement of a China-EU summit.
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