POLITICS

Obama introduces Kaine as DNC chair

2009-01-08T21:08:24Z

President-elect Barack Obama is formally introducing Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as the next Democratic Party chairman. Read More......(read more)

Citigroup Anti-Foreclosure Plan Would Alter Loans

2009-01-08T20:49:00Z

Democratic senators and Citigroup Inc. have agreed on a plan to let bankruptcy judges alter home loans in an effort to prevent foreclosures. The lawmakers Read More......(read more)

Obama picks Clinton aide as Pentagon No. 2

2009-01-08T20:24:01Z

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a longtime Democratic defense expert to be the Number Two official at the Pentagon. Read More......(read more)

Obama plans to overhaul counterterrorism

2009-01-08T18:57:12Z

The President-elect is laying plans to dissolve a White House security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and restructure counterterrorism policy under Read More......(read more)

Obama tax plan runs into opposition in Senate

2009-01-08T18:44:33Z

President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate Read More......(read more)

Obama, security aides, still debating Blackberry

2009-01-08T18:17:41Z

For President-elect Barack Obama, parting with his Blackberry is such sweet sorrow. Read More......(read more)

Clinton State Department team takes shape

2009-01-08T18:09:47Z

The Secretary of State-designate isn't waiting to be confirmed to name her team, settling already on several senior positions, say Democratic sources and Read More......(read more)

Healing Trauma In Oakland

2009-01-08T18:00:00Z

More than 100 people were murdered Oakland, Calif. in 2008. Behind the high numbers is a community shattered by violence and loss. We look at an organization Read More......(read more)

Obama Urges Acting Quickly On Economic Plan

2009-01-08T18:00:00Z

The president-elect said his proposal which includes tax cuts for individuals and some businesses would create or save about 3 million jobs. It's expected Read More......(read more)

Ghana Elections Praised For Peace, Normalcy

2009-01-08T17:00:00Z

Ghana's former opposition leader John Evans Atta Mills, a 64-year-old law professor, was sworn in yesterday as the country's new president. The Ghana elections Read More......(read more)

Newsweek: The bumpy road to the inauguration

2009-01-08T16:21:14Z

Howard Fineman notes that rather than give Obama a clean, quick coronation, Washington (and especially Obama's own party) seems intent on giving the president-elect Read More......(read more)

Social Responsibility And The Web: A Drama Unfolds

2009-01-08T16:20:00Z

If a mother makes a reference to smothering her child on Twitter, do you write it off as a joke or try to intervene? What are the demands of social responsibility Read More......(read more)

Newsweek: Obama's Mideast peace offensive

2009-01-08T16:19:06Z

Barack Obama has put on a good show of focusing his pre-inaugural attention on the economy while largely ignoring the rest of the world—but he clearly Read More......(read more)

Obama To Congress: Act Now On Economic Plan

2009-01-08T15:50:00Z

In a speech Thursday morning, President-elect Barack Obama warns the U.S. could see double-digit unemployment, falling wages and a decrease in college Read More......(read more)

Former Sen. Larry Craig drops further appeals

2009-01-08T15:41:57Z

A lawyer for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig says they won't ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to void his conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting. Read More......(read more)