Politics
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Text of President-elect Barack Obama's speech on the economy on Thursday at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
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President-elect Barack Obama is laying plans to dissolve a White House security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan.
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Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't waiting to be confirmed to name her team, settling already on several senior positions, say Democratic sources and officials familiar with the transition.
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President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs.
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Senate Democrats called for stricter regulations on toxic ash from coal-fired power plants Thursday in the wake of a billion-gallon spill at a Tennessee facility last month. The breach has put drinking water at risk and generated health fears among residents.
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President-elect Barack Obama is spelling out the key elements of an "American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan" that he is touting to treat a sick economy.
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President-elect Barack Obama is again vowing to keep "earmarks and pet projects" out of an economic recovery plan.
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A flurry of new economic data show that U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a blistering pace while the number of Americans who are continuing to file for unemployment benefits, having already lost their jobs, is rising. Both are signs that the contraction in world's largest economy is deepening.
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Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he does not "aspire to become Missouri's oldest senator."
