Rahm Emanuel

Don't Punish Joe Lieberman

New Republic: It may be tempting to dump Lieberman now that he needs the Democrats more than they need him, but doing so wouldn't put an end to "the partisanship and pettiness and immaturity" that Obama criticized in his...

Obama, McCain meet post-election

Just 13 days after the election and a month after their last face-to-face debate, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain sat down to talk Monday at Obama's Transition headquarters in Chicago.

Valerie Jarrett Named to White House Staff

On Friday President-elect Obama named Valerie Bowman Jarrett as his Sr. Adviser and Assistant to the President for intergovernmental relations. Jarrett will be Obama’s contact with external groups and elected officials at all...

First thoughts: Busy week on tap

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** A busy week on tap: Two weeks removed from the presidential election, the political activity remains almost as busy -- we, of course, stress the word...

Democrats weigh how hard to hit agenda

WASHINGTON, Nov 16, 2008 (Chicago Tribune - After an election victory won above all on the promise of change, Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress now confront a political question: How much change and how fast? With the...

News Minute: Congress back...Economic ups and downs...Taliban rejects talks

Associated Press - November 17, 2008 11:03 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is back at work today. Topping the agenda for lame-duck session is how to help the auto industry. The White House says while it supports some form of...

Transition can be time of risk, Obama says | '60 Minutes'

President-elect Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday evening that he is assembling his national security team as quickly as possible because there potentially can be "times of vulnerability" to terrorist attacks...

Obama says national security team and economy are his top priorities

U.S.President-elect Barack Obama said on Sunday that the security of the United States and getting the country's economy back on track would command his attention on a priority basis once he assumes office on January 20, 2009.

Whose president is he anyway?

It did not go unnoticed among the paisans that Barack Obama loves a four-star Italian restaurant on the Magnificent Mile near the lakefront. "I am like a Rorschach test," Obama noted at one point during the campaign. Some...

Big stimulus bill unlikely to pass lame-duck session

Democrats' efforts to help the jobless and the auto industry could be foiled by the GOP's bid to cut spending. Tuesday: House Financial Services Committee hearing on the financial bailout; trial set in Los Angeles for Lori Drew...