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Kennedy Loses Favor with N.Y. VotersCaroline Kennedy's popularity is waning after launching a public campaign to be appointed to a vacant New York U.S. Senate seat, a poll indicated. |
Franken Declared Winner in Minn.Former comedian Al Franken was declared the winner of Minnesota's long-disputed Senate race Monday, but legal challenges could leave the seat under a cloud. |
Obama Presses Congress on Recovery Stimulus Package.President-elect Barack Obama met Monday with congressional leaders and his economic team as he worked to advance an economic recovery program that advisers say will include $300 billion in tax cuts meant partly to win over skeptics who said the plan focused too heavily on government spending. |
Richardson Withdraws Nomination for Commerce SecretaryGovernor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, one of the most prominent Hispanic politicians in the United States and President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be commerce secretary, dropped out of consideration for that post on Sunday. |
Obama Plan Cuts Taxes by $300BU.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are considering $300 billion in individual and business tax cuts, The Wall Street Journal reported. |
Senate Should Seat FrankenSen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday the Senate should seat Democrat Al Franken to succeed Republican Norm Coleman, whose Senate term expired Saturday. |
Democrats Won't Seat BurrisU.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday Democrats will not seat Roland Burris, the man named by Illinois' embattled governor to Barack Obama's seat. |
Lousy Economy to be New Puerto Rico Governor's Biggest ChallengeThe new governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, will be faced with the dual challenges of overcoming a serious economic crisis and resolving the U.S. territory's mounting public debt burden after he takes office later this week. |
The Obamas Go to WashingtonU.S. President-elect Barack Obama returned to Chicago from his family holiday vacation for a few days before moving his family to Washington, aides said. |
50 Years of Revolution, and Cubans Still FleeingFifty years ago on Thursday, many Cubans cheered when Fidel Castro seized power in Havana, and even now, the revolution attracts many fans. But the bodies of the nameless dead, like the four men found on Florida beaches several months ago, speak to a different legacy. |
Last-Minute Changes to Farm Worker Program Raise Groups' IreFarm worker advocates and opponents of illegal immigration are blasting one of President George W. Bush's "midnight regulations" that will make it easier for agricultural employers to hire foreign workers. |
U.S. Unions Hang Their Hopes on ObamaUnions in the United States are looking to Barack Obama and rising economic anxiety to reverse organized labor's long slide. Through three decades of decline, union leaders have been predicting a renaissance that never came. But labor invested more than $300 million to help elect Obama and enlarge the Democratic majority in Congress, and it is counting on Democrats to work together to enact legislation that will make it easier for millions of American workers to unionize. |