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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama breaks from Bush, avoids divisive stands (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:45 AM CST

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Barack Obama opened his presidency by breaking sharply from George W. Bush's unpopular administration, but he mostly avoided divisive partisan and ideological stands. He focused instead on fixing the economy, repairing a battered world image and cleaning up government.


Analysis: Obama foreign policy favors diplomacy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:30 PM CST

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stand together at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of American foreign policy. At least that is the intent that Obama and his change-minded secretary of state, Clinton, spelled out on their first days. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of American foreign policy.


US Senate pick starts get-to-know-you tour in NYC (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 10:54 PM CST

Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Gillibrand, a second-term lawmaker from upstate New York, was named to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated when Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned to become secretary of state in the Obama administration.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand started her statewide "listening tour" Saturday in the urban heart of Harlem — far from the upstate farmlands she represented as a congresswoman.


Schumer the unseen hand in NY Senate choice (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:10 PM CST

Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, gets a hug from Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Gillibrand, a second-term lawmaker from upstate New York, was named to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated when Hillary Rodham Clinton resigned to become secretary of state in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Democratic insiders say the selection of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat showed the pivotal influence of senior Sen. Charles Schumer.


Dems wrestle with ethics problems (Politico)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 07:28 AM CST

Politico - Even as President Obama has instituted tough new ethics guidelines for administration officials, House Democrats continue to wrestle with the ethics problems of two of their most senior members—Reps. John Murtha (Pa.) and Charles B. Rangel (N.Y.).

For bruised Caroline Kennedy, what's next? (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:29 PM CST

Caroline Kennedy, seen here in 2008, Late Wednesday Kennedy announced her last-minute withdrawal from consideration for the US Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, the newly confirmed US secretary of state.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Following a brief, torturous foray into the public spotlight, Caroline Kennedy has retreated back into privacy. And if there's one thing on which political spectators agree, it's that she is unlikely to rush to repeat the experience.


Poll: Two-thirds approve of Obama's job (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 06:56 PM CST

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stand together at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. Diplomacy now trumps defense as the main instrument of American foreign policy. At least that is the intent that Obama and his change-minded secretary of state, Clinton, spelled out on their first days. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Barack Obama is enjoying about a two-thirds approval rating for his first days as president, a poll released Saturday found.


Obama touts aid plan's impact on average Americans (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:46 AM CST

A foreclosure sign is seen in front of a home in Miami Beach, Florida. President Barack Obama is to hold talks with his economic team to discuss the government's budgetary priorities as he makes a concerted effort to bolster the flagging US economy.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - President Barack Obama met with his economic advisers Saturday after he asked Americans to support his economic package as a way to better schools, lower electricity bills and health coverage for millions who lose insurance.


Israeli official: Obama envoy coming to Mideast (AP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST

President Barack Obama looks on as Middle East envoy George Mitchell speaks at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East will come to Israel Wednesday for talks on keeping alive a fragile Gaza cease-fire and reviving Mideast negotiations, an Israeli foreign ministry official said Saturday.


Top chefs push Obama to improve food policy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:37 PM CST

AP - Visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's special margarita made with the finest ingredients, straight up and shaken at the table.

Gore highlights new US push on climate change (AFP)

Posted: 25 Jan 2009 12:02 AM CST

File photo shows melting glaciers near Ilulissat in Greenland. Al Gore will exhort US lawmakers to renew US leadership on battling climate change next week, as AFP - Al Gore will exhort US lawmakers to renew US leadership on battling climate change next week, as "green" groups push for quick, sweeping action from President Barack Obama and a friendly Congress.


Obama pushes stimulus plan, meets economic team (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 07:17 PM CST

House Minority Leader John Boehner watches as President Obama speaks to the press before a meeting with bipartisan congressional leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, January 23, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to build public support on Saturday for an $825 billion economic recovery plan, pledging in his weekly radio address to use the funds to create jobs, improve healthcare and expand renewable energy.


Obama plans fast action on financial regulation: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 06:45 PM CST

President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to the State Department in Washington January 22, 2009. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - The Obama administration plans to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system, including stricter federal rules for hedge funds, credit rating agencies and mortgage brokers, the New York Times reported in Sunday editions.


Obama may have to expand bailout funds: media (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 02:43 PM CST

Sheets of one dollar bills are printed. President Barack Obama may have to ask for more funds to shore up the country's troubled financial system, beyond the 700 billion dollars already approved by Congress for the rescue, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing lawmakers and economists.(AFP/File/Shawn Thew)AFP - President Barack Obama may have to ask for more funds to shore up the country's troubled financial system, beyond the 700 billion dollars already approved by Congress for the rescue, the Washington Post reported Saturday, citing lawmakers and economists.


In first weekly address, Obama pushes economic stimulus plan (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:10 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday pitched Americans on more details of an economic stimulus plan that could exceed $825 billion, hoping he can ease Republican resistance in Congress by building public support for spending on items as varied as health coverage, port security and home weatherization.

Snap US push for Mideast peace shakes up old foes (AFP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 01:07 PM CST

Palestinian youthes play on the rubble of an Israeli-bombed residential building in Rafah on the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. The Gaza war over, Israel has switched to election mode but the new US president has not waited for the February 10 vote to launch an AFP - The Gaza war over, Israel has switched to election mode but the new US president has not waited for the February 10 vote to launch an "aggressive" initiative to revive moribund Mideast peace talks.


Analysis: Hard times help Geithner's Treasury bid (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:02 AM CST

In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Timothy Geithner's well-greased path to confirmation as treasury secretary is a sign of the severity of the recession and congressional willingness to give President Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt and look the other way.


New dynamic in children's health debate (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 11:00 AM CST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, to discuss the House passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Republicans appear to have overplayed their hand when blocking the expansion of a children's health care program last year.


Govs cast in unflattering light with Senate picks (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 08:37 AM CST

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes a statement at a news conference  Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 in Chicago, as the Illinois Senate prepares for a trial that could remove him from office.The two term Governor was impeached by the Illinois House on a wide array of offenses including criminal corruption and wasting taxpayers money. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - The departure of four Democratic senators this year has cast a new — and at times, unflattering — light on governors and their power to fill Senate vacancies.


Under Obama, US-China ties may face shaky start (AP)

Posted: 24 Jan 2009 08:22 AM CST

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said no nation is more important to the United States than China. But ties between the two powers may be off to a rocky start just days into the Obama administration.

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