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News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 11 months ago
John McCain has confirmed he will seek re-election to the US Senate in 2010 and laughed off questions about an unlikely future bid for the White House. Speaking in Phoenix in his first press conference since his election defeat to President-elect...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 11 months ago
Playing basketball is sometimes part of Obama's regular fitness routine (AP Photo/Jae C. It is unfortunately unusual for prominent politicians to set a good example. Whether it be some scandal , or misappropriation of funds, or some conflict, or...
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News Source: Iraq Updates
| 11 months ago
Peru's biggest labor union charges that Bush's costly war on Iraq contributed to financial, economic crises. Protesters on Friday demanded that US President George W...We shouldn't have to pay for it," a union leader told the crowd, which...
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News Source: Chicago Tribune
| 11 months ago
For those clamoring for invitations to future White House functions—everything from Christmas parties to state dinners—there will be few people more important than Desiree Rogers. The Chicago businesswoman will have major clout for such events as...
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News Source: The Washington Times
| 11 months ago
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, pictured delivering a guest lecture at Dartmouth College in May 2007, urged Florida and Michigan party officials to come up with plans to repeat their presidential nominating contests so that their delegates can...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
Justice Lex Lasry delivered a lecture at the University of Melbourne Law School last night, discussing the role of criminal defence lawyers as human rights lawyers. He says Mr Obama intends to close Guantanamo with a view to trying to restore the...
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News Source: Star Tribune
| 11 months ago
America has never seen anything quite like this: The president and president-elect acting like co-presidents, consulting and cooperating on the day's biggest crisis...Julian Zelizer calls "the split-screen presidency" is the result of several...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
At a time when millions of worried Americans are looking to Washington for economic and political leadership, President-elect Obama appears to be acting more presidential and less "-elect" by the day. As he unveiled his team of economic advisers...
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News Source: Miami Herald
| 11 months ago
The 24-7 nature of the global economy, which demands timely reaction. Incoming and outgoing presidents who have personal and political reasons to show that they can manage a crisis. A president-elect, Barack Obama, who "believes in strong...
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News Source: Press TV
| 11 months ago
US President-elect Barack Obama, in a bid to live up his campaign promise, says he will shift the tax burden from the poor to the rich...Bush were "disproportionately targeted to the wealthiest Americans.” "The basic principle is that we're going...