Presidential Election

Potential top education official is Obama neighbor (AP)

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Potential top education official is Obama neighbor (AP)

AP - The man Barack Obama is said to have tapped to become secretary of education is from the president-elect's homecourt in more ways than one.

Obama announces energy and environment team (AP)

AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Monday named an environmental and energy team that he said signaled his determination to tackle global warming quickly and develop alternative forms of energy. He vowed to "move beyond our oil addiction and create a new hybrid economy."

AP Interview: Rice says Iran scaling back in Iraq (AP)

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AP Interview: Rice says Iran scaling back in Iraq (AP)

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday Iran has chosen to scale back much of its most troubling interference in Iraq, and she credits the strength of U.S. pressure. "I don't think it's goodwill," Rice told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview covering two wars, the fight against pirates, Mideast peace prospects and more.

Sources: Obama chooses Chicago schools chief (AP)

AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to name a big-city schools chief, Chicago's Arne Duncan, to help fix the country's ailing schools as education secretary, people familiar with the decision said.

Electoral College to make Obama's win official (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Electoral College met on Monday to officially elect Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.

Obama unveils climate change team (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership on combating climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.

Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor (Reuters)

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Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor (Reuters)

Reuters - Illinois lawmakers approved an inquiry on Monday into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP)

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Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP)

AP - President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones Monday that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature event occurred when an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at Bush, an incident the president called "a bizarre moment."

Palin 'suspicious' of church fire (Politico)
Politico - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Monday that she is “suspicious” of a fire that destroyed her church over the weekend in Wasilla.

Obama announces energy and environment team (AP)

Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment (Reuters)

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Obama focuses on alternative energy, environment (Reuters)

Reuters - Insisting on the need to develop new forms of energy, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose as his energy secretary a Nobel physics laureate who is a major promoter of alternative fuels.

Obama announces energy and environment team (AP)

Wade gets 30 months in prison in Cunningham case (AP)
AP - A contractor who bribed former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham was sentenced to more than two years in prison by a federal judge on Monday.

Obama unveils climate change team (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama named his energy and environmental chiefs and vowed a new dawn for US leadership on combating climate change after eight years of Republican foot-dragging.

Rice: Bush approach best to achieve Mideast peace (AP)

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Rice: Bush approach best to achieve Mideast peace (AP)

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that the Mideast peace process President Bush launched is the best chance yet to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and should not be dropped just because a year-end deadline for a deal is being missed.

Illinois lawmakers launch impeachment of governor (Reuters)

Reuters - Illinois lawmakers on Monday approved an inquiry into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Obama Chooses Chicago School Chief as Education Secretary (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Chicago public schools chief executive Arne Duncan to be Education secretary, sources said Monday.

Rice says US, South Korea agree on nuclear talks (AP)

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Rice says US, South Korea agree on nuclear talks (AP)

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States and four other countries agree on how to pressure North Korea to make commitments on inspections of its nuclear program.

Electoral College Seals the Deal on the Election (CQPolitics.com)

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Electoral College Seals the Deal on the Election (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The 538 presidential electors gathered Monday in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to participate in the ceremonial but constitutionally mandated task of casting the votes to certify Barack Obama's election as president.

Obama names energy secretary, environmental team (Reuters)
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama on Monday chose a Nobel physics laureate to be his energy secretary and picked a former top federal environmental regulator to coordinate his energy and environmental policies.

Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP)

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Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP)

Obama to travel by train to D.C. for inauguration (Reuters)

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama will travel with his family by train from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., the weekend before the January 20 inauguration.

Obama to present new climate change team (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama was set Monday to name his energy and environmental chiefs and vow a new dawn for US leadership against climate change after eight years of Republican "denial."

Exclusive: Questions of KGB ties for activist (AP)

AP - A foreign activist lobbying in Washington this week to support a Russian-backed breakaway region has had frequent meetings and conversations with a high-level KGB agent there, she acknowledged to The Associated Press. Unknown to her, years of her phone calls were secretly recorded by spies.

Court allows lawsuits over 'light' cigarettes (AP)

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Court allows lawsuits over 'light' cigarettes (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court on Monday handed a surprising defeat to tobacco companies counting on it to put an end to lawsuits alleging deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes.

Palin and Fey top list of year's memorable quotes (AP)

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Palin and Fey top list of year's memorable quotes (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin lost the election, but she's a winner to a connoisseur of quotations.

Britain's Brown urges Obama to press on Mideast (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama must make the Middle East peace process an urgent priority, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday.

Obama to tackle foreign, domestic matters (AP)

AP - President-elect Barack Obama is tackling matters both domestic and foreign at the start of what is expected be a jam-packed final work week before he travels to his home state of Hawaii for the holidays.

Illinois lawmakers to focus on ousting governor (AP)

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Illinois lawmakers to focus on ousting governor (AP)

AP - Republicans and Democrats alike are calling for Illinois lawmakers to begin impeachment proceedings against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, saying the step is necessary to restore public confidence in state government.

Obama to convene meeting of top national security aides (AFP)

AFP - Barack Obama was to convene a meeting Monday of his top national security aides, and all of president-elect's top military and diplomatic officials would be present, his transition team said.

Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

AP - Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years.

Few real mysteries found in Minn. Senate ballots (AP)

AP - Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So will voters who scrawled the same name for every local race. And so will people who marked their choice not just with a darkened oval but with an X, too maybe for emphasis, or maybe for a do-over.

Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP)

AP - President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones Monday that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature event occurred when an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at Bush, declaring: "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."

Few real mysteries found in Minn. Senate ballots (AP)

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Few real mysteries found in Minn. Senate ballots (AP)

Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

AP - Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years.

Illinois lawmakers to focus on ousting governor (AP)

Obama to announce energy, environment cabinet picks (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday cabinet picks to head the US agencies tasked with making America more energy efficient and ecologically friendly.

BUSH NOTEBOOK: Bush ducks shoes in Baghdad (AP)

AP - It gives fresh meaning to the phrase shooed away.

Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

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Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

AP - Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years.

Obama to announce environment, energy team (Reuters)

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Obama to announce environment, energy team (Reuters)

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama, who has vowed to adopt an aggressive approach to global warming and the environment, will announce his choices to lead the effort at a news conference on Monday.

Obama to announce energy, environment cabinet picks (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday cabinet picks to head the US agencies tasked with making America more energy efficient and ecologically friendly.

Illinois legislators focus on ousting governor (AP)

AP - Officially, Illinois lawmakers will gather soon to consider a special election to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate but it was already clear Sunday that ousting disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich was at the top of many to-do lists.

McCain pledges to work with Obama on tough issues (AP)

AP - Republican Sen. John McCain pledged Sunday to work with his former Democratic rival, President-elect Barack Obama, on economic and national security issues.

Obama chief of staff linked to Blagojevich horse-trading (AFP)

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Obama chief of staff linked to Blagojevich horse-trading (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff faced questions Sunday over reported contacts with Illinois's corruption-tainted governor, who faces impeachment proceedings this week.

Bush makes stop in Afghanistan to rally troops (AP)

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Bush makes stop in Afghanistan to rally troops (AP)
AP - President George W. Bush got a firsthand look Monday at the deteriorating situation in the seven-year-old Afghanistan war, amid preparations in his administration to hand a broad strategy overhaul over to President-elect Barack Obama and to significantly increase the U.S. troop presence.

Bush: Iraq war is not over, more work ahead (AP)

AP - On a whirlwind trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the wars that define his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference in Iraq.

Obama sightings not that novel anymore (Politico)
Politico - CHICAGO—John McCain called him "the biggest celebrity in the world," but Barack Obama's appearance outside the Regents Park Luxury Apartments on a freezing-cold Thursday morning didn't move a half-dozen University of Chicago students waiting on a salt-and-snow layered sidewalk for the Chicago Transit Authority's 172 bus.

Obama chief of staff linked to Blagojevich horse-trading (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff faced questions Sunday over reported contacts with Illinois's corruption-tainted governor, who faces impeachment proceedings this week.

Palin and Fey top list of year's memorable quotes (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin lost the election, but she's a winner to a connoisseur of quotations.

Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

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Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

AP - Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years.

Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

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Turnout in presidential elections hit 40-year high (AP)

AP - Enthusiasm among blacks and Democrats for Barack Obama's candidacy pushed voter turnout in this year's elections to the highest level in 40 years.

Obama left with little time to curb global warming (AP)

AP - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.

Report: Iraq rebuilding woes due to poor planning (AP)
AP - A detailed official history of the U.S. effort to reconstruct Iraq after Saddam Hussein's overthrow in 2003 blamed its failings on "blinkered and disjointed" prewar planning, a deadly insurgency and wasteful and ill-managed contracting.

Obama chief of staff linked to Blagojevich horse-trading (AFP)

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Obama chief of staff linked to Blagojevich horse-trading (AFP)

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff faced questions Sunday over reported contacts with Illinois's corruption-tainted governor, who faces impeachment proceedings this week.

Illinois officials weigh options for Senate seat (AP)

AP - Two of Illinois' top politicians issued fresh calls Sunday for disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich's resignation, calling him incapacitated as lawmakers gear up for a session that could lead to his impeachment.

McCain pledges to work with Obama on tough issues (AP)

AP - Republican Sen. John McCain pledged Sunday to work with his former Democratic rival, President-elect Barack Obama, on economic and national security issues.

NYT wiretap source revealed (Politico)
Politico - When the New York Times published its investigation of the NSA’s warrantless wiretap program, the paper ignored President Bush’s request to hold off on revealing details of the secret program. In an Oval Office meeting, Bush gave the following message to Executive Editor Bill Keller: “You’ll have blood on your hands.”

Biden to shrink VP role â big time (Politico)
Politico - Joe Biden is laying plans to significantly shrink the role of the vice presidency in Barack Obama’s White House, according to an official familiar with his thinking.

Ill. officials issue fresh calls for resignation (AP)

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Ill. officials issue fresh calls for resignation (AP)

AP - A handful of Illinois' top politicians called disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich incapacitated Sunday, issuing fresh calls for his resignation as lawmakers gear up for a session that could lead to his impeachment.

Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither? (AP)

AP - A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

White House: No immediate deal on auto loans (AP)

AP - The White House said Sunday it does not expect to make an announcement by Monday on a possible plan to prevent the collapse of the troubled auto industry.

Illinois officials weigh options for Senate seat (AP)

Bush: Iraq war is not over, more work ahead (AP)

AP - On a trip to Iraq shrouded in secrecy and dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the unpopular war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of opposition to his policies when a man hurled shoes at him during a news conference.

Illinois officials weighing options for Obama seat (AP)

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Illinois officials weighing options for Obama seat (AP)

AP - Illinois officials say they're trying to figure out how to ensure that the process of choosing the person to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat is not tainted by that state's political scandal.

Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither? (AP)

AP - A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

Rolling paper giant sues over NYC firm's T-shirts (AP)
AP - A prominent cigarette paper maker with drug-culture cachet is accusing a T-shirt company of stealing its distinctive style for a design celebrating President-elect Barack Obama's victory.

Bunning strikes out over auto bailout vote (Politico)
Politico - Senator and Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Jim Bunning, who spent the first seven years of his baseball career in Detroit (five of them as an all star), was disinvited to a scheduled stint signing autographs in Michigan this weekend after the Kentucky Republican voted against a bailout for the auto industry, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Bush: Work in Iraq has been hard; needed for peace (AP)

AP - On a farewell trip to Iraq, President George W. Bush said Sunday the war has been hard, but was necessary to protect the U.S. and give Iraqis hope for a peaceful future.

Model city (Politico)

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Model city (Politico)
Politico - Barack Obama's choice of two New York City officials for his administration's top two urban policy offices marks a remarkable coup for the city and its mayor, Mike Bloomberg.

GOP Blago hit: A Dem a day (Politico)
Politico - The Illinois Republican Party launched a new Web site that it says will link 12 different state Democrats to scandal-ridden Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

White House: No immediate deal on auto loans (AP)

AP - Don't expect an announcement Sunday or Monday from the White House on a possible plan to prevent the collapse of the troubled auto industry. That's the latest word from White House officials.

Would new AG Holder exit Chicago corruption probe? (AP)

AP - If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say.

Lt. Gov., Atty. Gen. may be looking ahead to 2010 (AP)

AP - In many ways, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan couldn't be more different: He has carefully promoted his image as an outsider and reformer; she comes from a powerful political family.

HUD nominee pioneered innovative affordable homes (AP)

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HUD nominee pioneered innovative affordable homes (AP)
AP - Shaun Donovan, the New York official Barack Obama chose to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has hands-on experience with an issue important to the president-elect: affordable housing.

Disgraced Illinois governor weighs legal options (AP)

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Disgraced Illinois governor weighs legal options (AP)

AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Saturday as he weighed his legal options on how to fight a scandal that has left his career in tatters and disrupted President-elect Barack Obama's White House transition.

AP Newsbreak: War vet widows wrongly denied help (AP)

AP - Widows of war veterans have been wrongfully denied up to millions of dollars in government benefits over the past 12 years due to computer glitches that often resulted in money being seized from the elderly survivors' bank accounts.

White House assessing options to aid carmakers (AP)

AP - The White House weighed its options Saturday for preventing a collapse of the troubled auto industry, once the backbone of the U.S. economy. So far, the only thing certain is that the Bush administration wants to avoid the possibility of a disorderly bankruptcy of any of the Big Three.

Lt. Gov., Atty. Gen. may be looking ahead to 2010 (AP)

Would new AG Holder exit Chicago corruption probe? (AP)

AP - If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say.