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Jesse Jackson Jr. entangled in Ill. gov. scandal (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:53 AM CST

AP - Four days before the election, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich claimed someone came to him with a deal about filling Barack Obama's soon-to-be open U.S. Senate seat.

Obama transition going well, most in AP poll say (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:03 AM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama is getting high marks on his transition so far, with even most Republicans saying he's doing just fine.

Analysis: GOP handed gift in Rangel ethics case (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:39 AM CST

AP - House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift.

Daschle also to oversee new health reform office (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:46 AM CST

AP - Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will pull double duty in the Obama administration, where he will serve not only as the Health and Human Services secretary but also oversee a new White House Office of Health Reform.

Auto bailout clears the House (Politico)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 07:06 PM CST

Politico - The House approved a $14 billion loan package for ailing U.S. automakers Wednesday night, but stiff resistance from Senate Republicans could yet kill the measure, forcing the White House to consider other emergency steps to avert bankruptcies among Detroit’s Big Three this winter.

Officials: Obama chooses Chu for energy secretary (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:05 AM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Environmental Protection Agency officials from the Clinton administration.

Murky future for auto rescue amid GOP opposition (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:32 AM CST

AP - A House-passed bill to speed $14 billion in loans to Detroit's automakers stands on shaky ground in a bailout-weary Congress, undermined by Republican opposition that could derail the emergency aid in the Senate.

Wordsmiths see inauguration's poetic possibilities (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST

AP - John F. Kennedy was the first American president to include a poet in his inauguration, and Bill Clinton was only the second.

Energy secretary pick argues for new fuel sources (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:35 AM CST

AP - Steven Chu, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for energy secretary, has been a vocal advocate for more research into alternative energy, arguing that a shift away from fossil fuels is essential to combat global warming.

Lisa Jackson in line to be first black EPA chief (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:21 AM CST

AP - Lisa Jackson is in line to become the first African-American to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Browner: strong environmental resume (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:34 AM CST

AP - It hit Carol Browner in the final weeks of the Clinton administration: She had been head of the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years, nearly a quarter of the agency's existence, far longer than any other administrator.

Mullen says defense overspending must stop (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:07 AM CST

AP - The top U.S. military officer says the Pentagon cannot afford continued cost overruns and is hinting that some weapons systems may be cut or scaled back under President-elect Barack Obama.

Obama to offer Israel "nuclear umbrella": report (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 02:14 AM CST

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.

Obama taps Nobel physicist for energy secretary: reports (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 01:38 AM CST

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Nobel prize-winning physicist Steven Chu, a strong advocate of alternative and renewable energy research, to be his energy secretary, US media reported Thursday.

Illinois leaders ponder what to do with governor (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST

AP - With Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defying calls for his resignation, state officials pondered reducing his power or forcing him from office amid an intensifying criminal investigation that has made him arguably the most toxic politician in America.

Obama to nominate Daschle for healthcare post (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 12:18 AM CST

Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama turns his focus on Thursday to healthcare -- a key element of his election campaign -- when he nominates former Senate leader Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services.

Obama urges Illinois governor to step down (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 10:19 PM CST

Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama called on the Democratic governor of Illinois to resign on Wednesday after he was charged with trying to sell Obama's U.S. Senate seat and swap favors for money.