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Highlights of the $819 billion economic recovery plan passed by the House. Additional debt costs would add $347 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years.
Highlights of the economic recovery plan drafted by Senate Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama's economic team. Most provisions expire in two years.
A temporary stumbling block disappeared Thursday to quick Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush have arrived at the U.S. Capitol for Obama's inauguration as the nation's 44th president.
Crowds are packing the National Mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument as they await the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president.
President-elect Barack Obama has begun his inauguration day by attending a service at St. John's Church near the White House.
The National Park Service says it will rely on a media report that says 1.8 million people attended President Barack Obama's inauguration.
It will take years before an infrastructure spending program proposed by President-elect Barack Obama will boost the economy, according to congressional economists.
China made a rare appeal for cooperation between its normally secretive military and Washington on Tuesday but said U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain a "serious harm to Sino-U.S. relations."
President-elect Barack Obama is calling his former rival John McCain an American hero who set a standard of patriotism and bipartisanship for all to follow. Obama praised McCain at a Monday night dinner in Washington honoring the Republican senator from Arizona whom Obama defeated in the November election.
Usher helped build a school library. Superman and Spider-Man rolled up their sleeves. And thousands of volunteers around the country marked the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday by heeding President-elect Barack Obama's call to service.
The day before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the escalating troubles facing major banks around the world couldn't be clearer.
President-elect Barack Obama has said the Little Rock Nine's courage in desegregating an Arkansas public school helped make the opportunities in his life possible.
Joe Biden's wife said Monday that he had his pick of being Barack Obama's running mate or the secretary of state nomination that eventually went to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a slip that the vice president-elect immediately tried to shush.
President-elect Barack Obama is pushing for commitments to public service, visiting an emergency homeless shelter for teenagers in the nation's capital.
President-elect Barack Obama is appealing to the nation that he will soon lead to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King by making a commitment to serve others.
President-elect Barack Obama is visiting wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
President-elect Barack Obama has gone out of his way to consult Congress on his economic stimulus package that could total $1 trillion, a strategy that's aimed at building a collegial relationship with lawmakers from the outset of his presidency.
Leaving the White House for the last time on Tuesday, President George W. Bush blew a kiss out the window of his presidential limousine, a gesture that capped an eight-year administration marked by two wars, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
A vast, excited crowd of more than 1 million bore witness Tuesday to a transfer of American power like none before it. The blare of regal trumpets and thunder of cannon were familiar. The transition from Republican to Democrat, and gray hair to dark, had happened before.
President-elect Barack Obama has told a crowd attending an inaugural concert that "there is no obstacle that can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change."
President-elect Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery after a short ride from Blair House.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to consider repealing President George W. Bush's tax cuts well before they expire in 2010, in contrast to what President-elect Barack Obama is proposing.
A top aide to President-elect Barack Obama says the new administration plans to act quickly and engage in diplomacy around the world.
A top aide to President-elect Barack Obama says the new administration is determined to "put the brakes on the most serious economic downturn" in years.
Fox News primes itself for a shiftWhen the White House changes occupants this week, it may also change channels. Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday marks the end of an era for the Fox News Channel, the cable news network of choice during the years of President George W. Bush.
George W. Bush, The 43 President of the United States, give his Farewell Address to the Nation. Here's a great place to VENT your feelings ABOUT BUSH & Cheney. Feel Free to let 'er rip, however...CoH means I won't tolerate ripping of fellow VINERS.
Obama to sign order next week to close Guantanamo prisonPresident-elect Barack Obama will sign an executive order in his first week in office that sets in motion the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the highest-profile symbol of the Bush administration's detention policies, two individuals familiar with Obama's thinking …
President Bush gave his final press conference in the White House briefing room on Monday January 12, 2009! That's it...he's finally leaving! If you had the chance, what would you like to say to him?
President-elect Barack Obama has been reported as saying the choices for "First Dog" for Sasha and Malia has been narrowed down to the Labradoodle or the Portuguese Water Dog.
Obama: The Great American Hope ?Optimism over our president-elect's foreign policy derives from four rosy, unquestioned assumptions. By Victor Davis Hanson
Illinois House Impeaches Governor The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
Soother in chief: How Barack Obama calms a panicked nationWhen these frightful times of financial confusion and credit constipation become too much, I dial up Barack Obama on YouTube to suppress my anxieties. The Voice works like aerosolized Paxil on my limbic system, reducing my blood pressure and lifting my mood.
President-Elect Obama, You Must NOT Be Silent!Technology aside, those who mastermind today's ethno-religious wars are as primitively demonic as they were a millennium before - even as recently as 60 and 70 years before - when exterminations were the scourge of a continent and the impetus that sent the whole world to war.
Rick Warren and Barack Obama's inaugural address - Faith & ReasonMore news on President Elect Barack Obama 's pick of Rich Warren to give the inaugural invocation.
Criminal Complaint: United States District Court - Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division - USA v. Rod R. Blagojevich and John HarrisCount One From in or about 2002 to the present, in Cook County, in the Northern District of Illinois, defendants did, conspire with each other and with others to devise and participate in a scheme to defraud the State of Illinois and the people of the State of Illinois of the h …
When I first heard of Barack Obama and found out he was African American I was afraid he was going to be another "civil rights" race discrimination fighter, and I honestly wasn't too fond of the idea of him running for president.
Akon Sounds Off on Michael Jackson and Barack ObamaExcerpt: The titles of his albums tell a story: First, Akon was in Trouble, then he was Konvicted. Now, with his current album, the hip-hop star is enjoying Freedom.
Finally President Elect Barack Obama was asked a valid question.... you campaigned that McCain will only "reposition" people in washington, whereas you will bring in fresh new faces" His answer? That is not what this press conference is about. Then he went into how there is nothi …
President of Earthjustice on Being the Earth's Lawyer Under ObamaTrip Van Noppen is the president of Earthjustice, one of the largest non-profit public interest law firms "dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment." As Barack …
(Video) See Obama Play Basketball Hours Before ElectionBDL linked to this "Obasketball" news last week, but now we have moving pictures. Here's video of Barack Obama shooting hoops with friends on Election Day. Check out that Manu-like behind-the-back dribble! See more irresistible headlines
Jay-Z, Kayne Collab Obama Anthem Leaks"We Made History" is expected to appear on "Blueprint 3" and features a sample from a Tony Williams track. It is understood to have been recorded and released to coincide with last week's momentous events in America.... Hear the song now See more irresistible headlines
Comedian Katt Williams Jailed on Weapons Charges Before Carnegie Hall Gigpolice pulled him over early Thursday in midtown Manhattan for driving a car without license plates. He was hauled off to jail after a search of the vehicle turned up a handgun, authorities said.
HBO Acquires Rights To Obama FilmIn early 2006, Norton and his Class 5 Films received permission from the Obama camp to produce a documentary about his history in politics.
Obama to Face Big Policy Decisions on Iran, N. Korea and MideastPresident-elect Barack Obama stepped carefully yesterday when he was asked about the unusual letter of congratulations that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him -- the first time an Iranian leader has congratulated the victor of a U.S.
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