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Dem officials: Daschle accepts HHS Cabinet post
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday.
Dem sources: Clinton to help Hillary get State job
Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's transition vetting process said Wednesday.
Aides: Obama suggested more help for auto industry
President-elect Obama suggested to President Bush that the administration immediately provide extra help to struggling U.S. automakers, aides to the Democrat say, in their first face-to-face meeting since Election Day.
Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact
President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
Transition, too, for Michelle Obama to first lady
She's been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy, is every bit as high-powered as Hillary Rodham Clinton was and has praised Laura Bush's calm and rational approach to issues.
Like Abe and FDR, Obama faces crises
All presidents are tested. Few walk into the Oval Office when the nation is in the throes of multiple crises.
Obama to center stage, promises action on economy
Inheriting an economy in peril, President-elect Obama warned on Friday that the nation faces the challenge of a lifetime and pledged he would act urgently to help Americans devastated by lost jobs, disappearing savings and homes seized in foreclosure.
Obama apologizes to Nancy Reagan for seance remark
President-elect Obama called Nancy Reagan on Friday to apologize for joking that she held seances in the White House.
Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales
When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won't get a new gun for Christmas?
State ballots feature hot-button social issues
Some of the nation's most divisive social issues — gay marriage, abortion and affirmative action — went before voters Tuesday as 36 states passed judgment on ballot measures as well as candidates.
Seeking upset, McCain to campaign Election Day
Pushing back against predictions of defeat, Republican John McCain scheduled campaign stops in two Western battlegrounds on Election Day after a seven-state sprint that brought him home to Arizona after midnight Tuesday.
Obama casts ballot with wife and daughters
Barack Obama brought his two young daughters to the ballot box Tuesday as he cast a vote in the election he hopes will make them the first black family to occupy the White House.
Both parties expect Democratic Senate pickups
Democrats counted on solidifying their thin leadership grip on the Senate as voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to fill 35 Senate seats. Embattled Republicans braced for losses but hoped they would be modest ones.
Democrats head for bigger House majority
Democrats reached for a blowout at the polls Tuesday in heavy early congressional balloting that could add more than 20 seats to their House majority.
Third parties unlikely to spoil presidential race
It's lunchtime, and Mary Goode is leaning toward voting for Republican John McCain. By dinner, she admits she might be for Democrat Barack Obama.
Obama takes battle to Republican territory
Two days before Election Day, John McCain and Barack Obama are playing on each other's turf, with McCain dashing through Democratic states where he trails and Obama showing his strength in one that voted Republican in the last two presidential elections.
McCain, Fey poke fun at campaign on 'SNL'
Republican John McCain poked fun at his presidential campaign's financial shortcomings and his reputation as a political maverick in an appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."
Palin takes prank call from fake French president
Sarah Palin told a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a prank call that "maybe in 8 years" she will be president.
GOP legislative candidates top Dems in funding
State Republican legislative candidates have raised $6 million going into Tuesday's general election — about $1.8 million more than their Democratic challengers, a report shows.

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