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Geithner likely treasury pick; Clinton 'on track' (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 10:56pm

AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday.





Democrats lay out conditions to consider aid for automakers (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 11:08pm

AP - Democratic leaders ordered Detroit's Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress so lawmakers can decide whether to give the beleaguered industry an emergency $25 billion lifeline.





Bush rallies China's help on North Korea (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 10:52pm

AP - In a last dash of diplomacy, President George W. Bush on Friday sought China's help in pinning down North Korea to keep its shaky promises of nuclear disarmament.





Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 11:11pm

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."




White House political office will remain (Politico)
21 Nov 2008 at 10:40pm
Politico - President-elect Barack Obama has answered bipartisan calls for the disbandment of the White House office central to the Karl Rove-style politics the Democrat condemned as a candidate. The office stays.

Politics' next step? Donations go high text (AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 12:27pm
AP - In a 2008 Super Bowl ad, NFL golden boy Tom Brady asked nearly 100 million viewers to text "FIT" to donate $5 to the United Way. About 25,000 people responded, raising $10,000.


Mukasey returns to work after collapse (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 3:59pm

AP - With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a speech the night before and spurring a 14-hour scare about his health.





Obama keeps low profile in auto rescue talks (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 11:01pm

AP - While President-elect Barack Obama publicly sidelined himself during congressional debate over an auto industry bailout this week, he and his top aides quietly prodded congressional leaders to find a solution to rescue struggling automakers.




New lobbyist implicated in Abramoff investigation (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 9:20pm
AP - A former GOP lobbyist with ties to Jack Abramoff may be moving toward a plea agreement with the Justice Department in its wide-ranging corruption investigation, documents showed Friday.


Janet Jackson's 'Nipplegate' case could reach US high court (AFP)
21 Nov 2008 at 10:19am

AFP - The US government has asked the Supreme Court to reimpose a half-million-dollar fine slapped on CBS television for a 2004 broadcast of live images of pop star Janet Jackson's breast, court documents obtained by AFP show.





Italian premier's political party OKs merger plan (AP)
21 Nov 2008 at 2:59pm

AP - The party that Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi created more than a decade ago moved ahead with a plan to abandon its name and dissolve into another conservative bloc.




The Note: Obama Waits on Change for January
by Hope Ditto
21 Nov 2008 at 7:21am
ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Friday's Note: Change doesn’t have to wait until January. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is gone. (A sign of a new day.) Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is gone, partly, too. (A sign of a new...

Obama: 'The Elections Aren't Over'
by Lee Speigel
20 Nov 2008 at 7:36pm
ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Barack Obama has gingerly entered the fray in the Georgia Senate race, cutting a 60-second radio ad in support of Democrat Jim Martin. "The elections aren't over," says Obama in the radio ad after thanking...

Hillary's $7.5 Million Problem
by Tahman Bradley
20 Nov 2008 at 7:31pm
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: Hillary Clinton continues to carry $7.5 million of debt owed to vendors from her failed presidential bid which ended in early June, her campaign finance report covering the month of October shows. Even though the...

Biden Keeping Seat Warm for His Son?
by Lindsey Ellerson
20 Nov 2008 at 3:00pm
ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Vice-president-elect Joe Biden is a busy man these days, wading through transition matters as he and President-elect Barack Obama try to fill out their new administration. And unlike Obama, Biden, D-Del., is still a member...

A Fete for Uncle Ted
by Lindsey Ellerson
20 Nov 2008 at 12:51pm
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports from Capitol Hill: Since we called out Sen. Mitch McConnell yesterday for not giving Uncle Ted Stevens a send-off speech, it is only fair to point out that today, the seventh-longest serving Senator and...

Auto Bailout: From the Ashes?
by Huma Khan
20 Nov 2008 at 11:42am
ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: A deal has been struck in the Senate on a compromise bailout plan for the Big Three automakers. However, it is still unclear whether this will pass the Senate, and, if it does, whether it...

Waxman Defeats Dingell to take Influential House Post
by Huma Khan
20 Nov 2008 at 10:17am
ABC News' Rick Klein, Dean Norland, and Jonathan Karl Report: House Democrats voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman in charge of the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a stinging rebuke to the House's longest-serving member that could...

The Note: Obama Leans on Insiders in Choosing Team
by Hope Ditto
20 Nov 2008 at 7:30am
ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Thursday's Note: Call it change Washington can believe in. The Cabinet that is emerging (still unofficially -- President-elect Barack Obama has yet to make a single formal announcement) looks so very . . ....

Beau Biden Heads to Iraq
by dschabner
19 Nov 2008 at 8:54pm
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: Beau Biden, son of Vice President-elect Joe Biden, departed the United States Wednesday morning en route to Iraq, Delaware National Guard spokesman Nathan Bright told ABC News. This photo was provided by the Delaware National...

Day Two: Automaker CEOs Grilled on Capitol Hill
by Lindsey Ellerson
19 Nov 2008 at 5:57pm
ABC News' Lisa Chinn Reports: At Wednesday's Capitol Hill hearing with the Big Three automakers, the mood was best captured by Democratic Rep. Mike Capuano of Massachusetts when he told the automaker CEOs that Americans, "don't trust me all that...

NYT: Obama tilts to center, inviting a clash of ideas
21 Nov 2008 at 9:48pm
Barack Obama won the nomination with the hearty support of the left wing of his party. Now, his reported selections for two major Cabinet positions suggest a plan to govern from the center-right.

First Read: Geithner likely to be treasury secretary
21 Nov 2008 at 2:04pm
NBC News has learned that the President-elect is preparing to roll out his economic team on Monday -- and will personally announce the team and answer questions -- part of an effort to reassure markets.

Inaugural crowd to face intense scrutiny
21 Nov 2008 at 5:19pm
Law enforcement officials bracing for the largest crowds in inaugural history are preparing far-reaching security — thousands of video cameras, sharpshooters, air patrols — to safeguard President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in.

Obama makes key Cabinet picks
21 Nov 2008 at 6:51pm
Several key appointments, including State and Treasury Department secretaries appear to be nearly-done deals, with Democratic officials confirming President-elect Barack Obama's intended nominees.

Mukasey feeling better, checks out of hospital
21 Nov 2008 at 12:03pm
The attorney general was given a "clean bill of health" and went back to work Friday after his harrowing collapse at a late-night dinner speech.

Bush pushes economy, N. Korea progress
21 Nov 2008 at 4:06pm
President Bush on Friday moved to steady a shuddering economy and speed up the demise of North Korea's nuclear weaponry. Those twin aims framed his weekend stop in Peru for the APEC forum.

Brownstein: The Bush GOP's fatal contraction
21 Nov 2008 at 11:22am
The outgoing president leaves behind a party that looks less like a coalition than a clubhouse.

Obamas chose private Sidwell Friends School
21 Nov 2008 at 4:34pm
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen private Sidwell Friends School in Washington for their two daughters.

Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
21 Nov 2008 at 11:56am
The pile of disputed ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is growing at a pace sure to dwarf the 215-vote margin prior to the recount, making it tough to tell who is gaining an edge as the recount progresses.

EU wants early foreign policy from Obama
21 Nov 2008 at 12:45pm
The European Union's foreign policy chief says he expects the president-elect to move quickly to deal with top trans-Atlantic goals, including Middle East peace,  Iran and global warming.

'Card check' best hope for auto workers union?
21 Nov 2008 at 11:38am
One advantage the Honda and Hyundai plants in Alabama have over the General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford plants in Michigan is lower labor costs. But what if the UAW could more easily organize workers at Honda and Hyundai?

First Read: Obama considering Mabus for cabinet
21 Nov 2008 at 11:55am
Former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus is being considered for multiple positions in the Obama administration, including secretary of education, energy and ambassador to the United Nations.  

Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits
21 Nov 2008 at 10:48am
President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.

Turkeys killed as Palin addresses media
21 Nov 2008 at 10:16am
Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background.

Newsweek: How will Alaska remember Ted Stevens?
21 Nov 2008 at 8:59am
Despite his conviction for violating federal ethics laws, Sen. Ted Stevens may be best remembered by Alaskans for helping secure an endless stream of federal dollars for the state he helped found.

Obama moves to pick Timothy Geithner for Treasury
21 Nov 2008 at 9:51pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.

Top Republican says Obama "off to a good start"
21 Nov 2008 at 3:08pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican said on Friday that Democratic U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is "off to a good start" and indicated he was pleased to see President George W. Bush get ready to leave.

Obama may consider Summers as Fed chief: Democrat
21 Nov 2008 at 5:10pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama may consider Lawrence Summers as a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, whose term expires in January 2010, a Democratic source told Reuters on Friday.

U.S. attorney general back at work after fainting
21 Nov 2008 at 12:20pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work on Friday after a "fainting spell" during a speech sent him to hospital the night before.

Pelosi: Economic stimulus tops '09 agenda
21 Nov 2008 at 11:29am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Passage of a broad economic stimulus bill, including tax cuts, will be a top priority of the next Congress when it convenes in January, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.

Bloomberg slips in polls after NY term limit law
21 Nov 2008 at 1:44pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's popularity fell to its lowest level in three years after he pushed through a law allowing him to seek a third four-year term, according to a poll released on Friday.

U.S. seeks data from automakers for bailout review
21 Nov 2008 at 5:13pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automakers must provide Congress with cash and sales data as well as current plans for making energy-efficient vehicles if they hope to receive a government bailout next month, lawmakers said on Friday.

Bush, Hu discuss North Korea ahead of APEC summit
21 Nov 2008 at 8:06pm
LIMA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush held talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program with Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Friday, the first in a series of meetings U.S. officials hope will lead to a renewal of six-party talks by early December.

Doha round can't afford another failed meeting: U.S.
21 Nov 2008 at 9:08pm
LIMA (Reuters) - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy should not call another Doha round ministerial meeting unless there is a "good shot" at reaching a breakthrough, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday.

Tasks for Obama's ag sec: School food, subsidy cap
21 Nov 2008 at 4:47pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. agriculture secretary will face daunting tasks ranging from tightening farm subsidy rules to improving school meals, lawmakers and farm groups said on Friday.

Congress to Automakers: No Plan, No Money
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 3:50am
Congressional leaders told Detroit's Big Three automakers Thursday that they have until Dec. 2 to submit a plan to Congress on how they will use billions of taxpayer funds to bring their companies from the brink of destruction.

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by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
11 Nov 2008 at 1:25am
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Waxman Wins Energy Panel Chairmanship From Dingell
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 11:42am
House speakers liberal ally from California swipes bigtime seat from Michigan congressman whose held top Democratic post for 28 years.

Obama's Cabinet Picks Heavy on DC Experience
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 3:39am
Obama's choices for his Cabinet so far have more Washington experience than his two predecessors' picks

McCain: Napolitano Merits 'Swift Confirmation'
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 2:11am
Sen. John McCain says he hopes Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is quickly confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary by the U.S. Senate.

Obama to Tap Ariz. Gov. as Homeland Security Chief
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 7:42am
President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, two Democratic sources confirmed to FOX News on Thursday.

Bush Would Sign Bill to Extend Jobless Benefits
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 9:06am
Because of the tight job market, the White House says President George W. Bush would sign a measure pending in Congress to further extend unemployment benefits.

Sen. Stevens Bids Farewell to Congress
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 11:54am
The longest-serving Republican senator lost to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich after being convicted on federal corruption charges.

Feds Predict Recession to Last Through Mid-2009
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 12:00am
With unemployment at a 16-year high and expected to continue to grow, one economic board says it expects 2009 rates to reach 7.6 percent.

Guessing Game On About Obama's Possible Tech Czar
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
21 Nov 2008 at 7:13am
Tech industry eagerly waiting to see whether new president will name, as promised, a 'chief technology officer' for United States.

Republican Lawmaker Accuses CIA of Shoot-Down Cover-Up
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
21 Nov 2008 at 3:08am
CIA personnel lied to Congress in April 2001 about a missionary plane shot down in Peru that killed the pilot, his wife and daughter, the CIA inspector general revealed in a report being released by Rep. Pete Hoekstra on Thursday.

Cheney, Gonzales to Be Arraigned for Prisoner Abuse
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 8:42am
A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse.

Coleman, Franken Pursuing 3 Counties in Senate Recount
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
20 Nov 2008 at 4:56am
Of the 87 counties in Minnesota, three have become a central focus in the increasingly contentious Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and his Democratic challenger, Al Franken.

Big Three Auto Execs Flew in Luxury Jets to Cry Poverty
by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com
19 Nov 2008 at 2:15am
The CEOs of the Big Three automakers reportedly flew private luxury jets to Washington to plea for a $25 billion taxpayer bailout to save their debt-ridden industry — ringing up tens of thousands in charges even as they cried poverty.

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