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Alaska governor blasts what she says was the mainstream news media's regular use of unsubstantiated and often anonymous blogging in campaign reports. |
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President-elect to announce his unusual choices for CIA director and a national intelligence director who may face tough Senate confirmation questioning. |
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Governor faces almost certain impeachment by the Illinois House, a historic step that would trigger a trial to determine whether he should be tossed out of office. |
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William Perry says a 'crisis point' with Iran will be reached in Obama's first year of office. |
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In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration. |
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Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller is warming to Barack Obama's choice for CIA chief, former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta. |
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Vice President Dick Cheney also tells The Associated Press that he sees no reason for the president to pre-emptively pardon those at the CIA involved in harsh interrogation of terror suspects. |
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The New York governor says Kennedy has many positives, despite never holding elective office, such as a 'tremendous relationship with (President-elect Barack Obama),' but lacks legislative experience. |
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Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 on federal charges that include allegations he schemed to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. |
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Joe Biden is traveling through the Middle East and South Asia, not as vice president-elect but as the outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. |
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FOX News has obtained a copy of the executive summary from an oversight panel's report on the distribution of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout. |
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The head of a congressional oversight panel says there are major questions over how the financial bailout money is being spent, as the committee releases a critical report of the program. |
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President-elect Barack Obama is being urged to use intelligence agencies to "initiate low-level or clandestine" talks with Hamas, according to a report. |
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The introduction of Leon Panetta as CIA chief and retired Adm. Dennis Blair as national intelligence director comes four days after their names were leaked to reporters. |
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President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to give its quick attention to his still-evolving economic stimulus plan, designed to create or save 3 million jobs at a cost of about $800 billion. |
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Senate leaders disputed reports that there were disagreements among them over President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. |
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The ruling says no Illinois official has to do anything further to validate the appointment made by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. |
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks about his impeachment by the Illinois House. |
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Hilda Solis, Barack Obama's choice for labor secretary, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. |
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Rep. Barney Frank, who heads the House Financial Services Committee, wants new strings attached to the remainder of the $700 billion in financial bailout money. |
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Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's pick for CIA chief, comes from outside the intelligence community -- but a professional manager might be what the CIA needs, some analysts say. |
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Pamela Davis says she decided to call the FBI while working to get approval for a hospital expansion |
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Mayor Sheila Dixon allegedly went to Best Buy and spent gift cards for needy families on a digital camcorder and a PlayStation 2 controller, among other goods. |
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An e-mail to federal employees says Dr. Julie Gerberding has resigned as director of the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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Biden and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham met with President Asif Ali Zadari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, aides said. |
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Economic advisers with Obama's transition team told Democratic lawmakers they were willing to boost from $10 billion to $20 billion the amount of energy tax breaks in the administration's forthcoming economic stimulus plan. |
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Obama's economic team announces its goal for new jobs, upping the target to 3.5 million new positions. |
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Obama discusses his target of saving or creating up to 4 million jobs with his economic stimulus plan. |
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein says there is a clear distinction between those who made the detainee policies and those who carried them out. |
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President-elect Barack Obama will be under historical pressure to deliver a speech for the ages at his Jan. 20 swearing-in. |
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President-elect Barack Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, will live in the White House at least temporarily. |
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FOXNews.com lists the five most memorable presidential inaugural speeches of all time. |
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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the incoming head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is the first woman to hold the job. |
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Roland Burris' attorney believes he has acquired all the documents necessary to have the former Illinois attorney general seated in the U.S. Senate. |
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A boxing ring collapsed while Mayor Sheila Dixon and a dozen other people were punching and jumping during an event to promote physical fitness. |
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Rod Blagojevich faces a state Senate trial that could remove him from office. |
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A request by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson would allow President-elect Barack Obama to begin tapping the fund promptly after his Jan. 20 inauguration. |
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The Times story cites unnamed American and foreign officials in reporting that President Bush revealed to the Israelis that he already had authorized a covert U.S. effort to sabotage Iran's nuclear capabilities, the Times reports. |
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A cable sent last week to all employees at the State Department's Washington headquarters and overseas missions warns of unspecified "disciplinary actions" for using the "reply to all" function on e-mail with large distribution lists. |
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Barack Obama's inaugural committee has pledged to make his Jan. 20 inauguration the most 'accessible' in U.S. history, but the growing security concerns and staggering crowd estimates might just deter spectators from witnessing the historic event. |
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President Bush exudes serenity as he prepares to leave office, content that the war in Iraq is nearly won and he had the fortitude to buck his party despite incredible pressure to withdraw. |
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President-elect says he wants tighter controls on the release of the second half of the $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial industry. |
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Democrat's second-in-command is reviewing new papers by Illinois Gov. Rod Blgojevich's appointment and said he is close to a resolution on seating the would-be senator. |
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Outgoing vice president tells his successor to be prepared for meetings with the president and know what he expects from his second-in-command. |
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The rehearsal for President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in has nearly all the bells and whistles to be expected on Inauguration Day next Tuesday, Jan. 20. |
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Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says language next to president's portrait is misleading because it says the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks led to the war in Iraq. |
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Made famous in the 2008 presidential election for his pointed question of then-candidate Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber has a lot of questions about Israel's conflict with Gaza but is not sure which to ask. |
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The Senate gets the two-thirds vote it needs to shut down stalling tactics and move on a plan to preserve 2 million acres of land in nine states. |
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The need for goverment spending in a recessionary period enables lobbyists to get in on the act. |
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Lawmakers meet on Capitol Hill to discuss how much they are willing to pass in the form of tax cuts in President-elect Obama's proposed stimulus package. |
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U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden promised U.S. support for Afghanistan's struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption, in surprise visit to a dangerous Taliban-stronghold area of Afghanistan. |
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Senate Democratic leaders said a vote could come as early as this week on providing a second $350 billion for the financial industry. |
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President is set to take questions from news reporters at a previously unannounced news conference in the final days of his administration. |
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President-elect's economic team negotiates with uneasy lawmakers to avoid a messy political fight over second half of $700 billion in financial industry bailout funds. |
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Vice President-elect Joe Biden met with Iraqi president after arriving in Baghdad on Monday. |
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Ohio Senator George Voinovich told associates that he intends to retire in 2010 rather than seek a new term. |
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The U.S. Air Force is searching for a replacement for Air Force One. |
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President George W. Bush held his last White House press conference on Monday. |
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The Obamas are looking to adopt a Portuguese water dog or a Labradoodle from an animal shelter, but their success will depend on which breed they choose. |
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President-elect Barack Obama is in private talks Monday with Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon. |
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Former President Bill Clinton's lawyer says ethics officials can review overseas contributions to his charity if Hillary Clinton becomes secretary of state. |
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Sunday's inaugural celebration for Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial will be televised on HBO -- and is set to feature music celebrities like Beyonce, Bono and Bruce Springsteen. |
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President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue order his first week in office to close Guantanamo Bay. |
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Roland Burris has been certified by U.S. Senate officials to fill the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
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Government lawyers described a lawsuit challenging the religious aspects of the upcoming inauguration as nonsensical. |
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In his farewell address, President Bush plans to discuss the past eight years as well as the challenges that lie ahead for President-elect Barack Obama. |
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President-elect Barack Obama is trying to build support for the release of the remaining $350 billion in financial bailout money. |
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New York's top regulator of open government laws says Paterson's refusal to identify Clinton's possible successors appears to violate state law. |
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Democrat Al Franken was quickly turned down Monday when he asked Minnesota's governor and secretary of state to issue an election certificate that would let him take office in the Senate. |
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The first openly gay Episcopal bishop has been invited to deliver an invocation at a Sunday event kicking off inaugural festivities. |
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Hillary Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for secretary of state, comes before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday for her confirmation hearing. |
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It's an understatement to say that next week's presidential inauguration is the hottest ticket in town. |
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Republicans urge Barney Frank "in the strongest possible terms" to postpone a debate and vote to release the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout package. |
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Vice President-elect tells Iraqi government that the incoming U.S. administration wants a responsible troop withdrawal from Iraq. |
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Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create and control videos of floor speeches, hearings or ribbon-cuttings. |
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a thumbs up to President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus package but warned it won't be enough to stabilize the shaky financial system. |
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Congress is launching official YouTube channels where members of the House and Senate can create and control videos of floor speeches, hearings or ribbon-cuttings. |
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In remarks prepared for delivery at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton promised to push for stronger U.S. partnerships around the globe. |
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Members from the outgoing and incoming Bush and Obama administrations are set to rehearse how to manage a national emergency Tuesday. |
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President-elect Barack Obama has opted to drop the $3,000-per-job credit from his stimulus bill. |
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A new report by the Justice Department's Inspector General on Bradley Schlozman, the former acting head of the civil rights division, says he politicized and mistreated his staff and tried to punish agency employees he believed were too liberal. |
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The Associated Press found that Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband's foundation. |
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If it's up to FOXNews.com readers, the Obamas will be adopting a Labradoodle to be the nation's 'first pet.' |
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton makes her statement at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing. |
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The National Counterterrorism Center released its 2009 terrorism calendar, which national security personnel use but is available to the public. |
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Energy Department, appeared Tuesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. |
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A day after his final news conference, and a day before his farewell address, President Bush used the occasion to again define his legacy in his own terms.
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David Ellis has been named the lawyer for the Illinois House Democrats in the impeachment trial of Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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The State Department has rejected an assertion by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the Bush administration's absence from last week's U.N. resolution on Gaza embarrassed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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New York Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco calls for a special election to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, but acknowledges the bill has little chance of passing.
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Peter Orszag testified at his confirmation hearing Tuesday that he expects budget deficits equaling 5 percent of the size of the economy for the next five or 10 years.
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Three of President Bush's longtime allies are awarded the top civilian honor.
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The number of Gitmo detainees who rejoined terrorist missions after being released is on the rise, according to the Pentagon.
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Questions have been raised over a former housekeeper of Treasury Secretary-pick Timothy Geithner, who reportedly worked for Geithner without proper immigration documentation.
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The detainee is accused of throwing a grenade that injured two American soldiers and their interpreter in Kabul in 2002, when he was 16 or 17.
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A U.S. House Democratic report advises Barack Obama's administration to launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he's "very confident" he can round up the votes needed in his chamber to approve President-elect Barack Obama's financial bailout request, but many lawmakers are disappointed with the program so far.
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President Bush declared an emergency in the District of Columbia Tuesday that will allow for more money to be used for Barack Obama's inauguration.
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A new portrait of President Bush at the National Portrait Gallery provoked Sen. Bernie Sanders to request a correction of the accompanying text that stated the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks led to the war in Iraq.
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The House committee currently has 12 Democrats and nine Republicans, but will change to 13-8 in the new Congress, according to House Republicans.
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Hillary Clinton says she will not be influenced by contributors to her husband's foundation as secretary of state.
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Burris' office released a statement Tuesday that says the official ceremony will take place on the Senate floor of the Capitol.
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A federal magistrate ordered a Louisiana man to jail, charging him with threatening to kill President George W. Bush.
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Even as the No. 2 on the losing presidential ticket, Sarah Palin continues to attract criticism as well as admiration.
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The AP appealed a court's order that Lindh's privacy interests outweigh any public interest served by releasing the information.
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In a motion filed Tuesday afternoon, lawyers representing atheists who want religious prayers stripped from next week's official inaugural activities submitted the 1952 Supreme Court brief filed by the United States in Brown v. Board of Education.
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Guilty pleas from suspected Sept. 11 conspirators could complicate the incoming administration's efforts to put military commissions on hold.
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Sixty-one detainees released from the U.S. Navy base prison in Cuba are believed to have rejoined the fight, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell
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Outgoing Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy may be looking for work -- and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh's got just the job for him.
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President Bush says his administration did not foresee the economic meltdown.
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Senate passes legislation that would make it a federal crime to scalp tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Susan J. Crawford says the techniques used on a man allegedly planning to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were "overly aggressive and too persistent."
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On Wednesday, Blagojevich was to swear in the Illinois Senate, which will decide in a matter of weeks whether to throw the two-term Democrat out of office.
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President-elect Barack Obama's treasury secretary-designate is facing a more difficult confirmation hearing than he would have had he not failed to pay taxes for years on a domestic employee.
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The emergency declaration will let the nation's capital tap deeper into federal coffers for Barack Obama's inauguration.
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Gen. Eric K. Shinseki told senators he doesn't understand why veterans are currently waiting six months on average to have a claim processed.
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Despite concerns from Obama's transition team that it won't boost the economy, the president-elect's Democratic allies want to use his jobs creation bill to extend a middle class tax cut.
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Carol Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be climate czarina, served until last summer as a member of a socialist group whose mission is to enact progressive government policies, including toward environmental concerns like climate change.
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden visit the court Wednesday afternoon at the invitation of Chief Justice John Roberts.
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Rep. Barney Frank says he's been assured President-elect Barack Obama would spend billions from the financial bailout package to prevent foreclosures.
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The House overwhelmingly approved an expansion of government-sponsored health care to 4 million more children Wednesday, and President-elect Barack Obama urged the Senate to quickly follow suit.
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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted that "casualties are likely to increase" in Afghanistan as the number of U.S. troops there goes up this year.
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President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
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The Bush administration maintains that torture is not part of the president's policy, despite a claim that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was tortured.
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The second impeachment vote was needed because of the upcoming Senate trial on whether to remove Blagojevich from office.
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Stuart Levey, the head of the Treasury Department's anti-terrorism operation, will fill in as acting secretary of the department until a permanent successor to Henry Paulson is confirmed.
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The new presidential limousine will debut on Inauguration Day, and Cadillac has released images of the updated model.
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Sparks could fly Thursday during Eric Holder's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee as he seeks to be confirmed as President-elect Barack Obama's attorney general.
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The senator-designate is expected to then be sworn in Thursday afternoon, with Vice President Dick Cheney, as the president of the Senate, administering the oath
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A second former State Department worker admits peeking at confidential passport files.
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The introduction of the massive measure is but the first official step in a long debate that will last into mid-February or beyond.
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The Senate is set to vote today on whether to release the remaining bailout money.
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The Senate is set to vote today on whether to release the remaining financial bailout fund.
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Israelis and Palestinians have already handed President Barack Obama his first international challenge.
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People who held tickets to the swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol couldn't get in.
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Obama's inauguration references to communism and dissent veered into politically sensitive territory for China's ruling Communist Party.
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The Senate Finance Committee was scheduled to hear from Timothy Geithner on Wednesday with his tax mistake expected to be among a number of questions that panel members will pursue.
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An announcer welcomed Barack H. Obama to the Capitol's west steps. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to Barack Hussein Obama, who repeated his full name. And the ceremony ended with the Rev. Joseph Lowery's benediction for Barack Obama.
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Hours after taking office, the president orders military prosecutors in Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to seek a 120-day halt in all pending cases.
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The Obamas were following a traditional schedule reserved for the men who have become president, going to church and a coffee at the White House before Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony and address to the nation.
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The president and first lady twirl their way through 10 official balls Tuesday night with an all-star ensemble backing them up.
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Up by 225 votes, Franken will join the U.S. Senate while Republican Norm Coleman's election lawsuit is pending.
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President Obama will shift gears rapidly from the all-weekend celebration of his inauguration to the work of his highly anticipated presidency.
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Israelis and Palestinians have already handed President Barack Obama his first international challenge.
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People who held tickets to the swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol couldn't get in.
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Obama's inauguration references to communism and dissent veered into politically sensitive territory for China's ruling Communist Party.
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The Senate Finance Committee was scheduled to hear from Timothy Geithner on Wednesday with his tax mistake expected to be among a number of questions that panel members will pursue.
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An announcer welcomed Barack H. Obama to the Capitol's west steps. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office to Barack Hussein Obama, who repeated his full name. And the ceremony ended with the Rev. Joseph Lowery's benediction for Barack Obama.
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Hours after taking office, the president orders military prosecutors in Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to seek a 120-day halt in all pending cases.
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