Clinton Is Said to Accept Offer of Secretary of State--NY Times

" The accord between the two leading figures of the Democratic Party was the culmination of a weeklong drama that riveted the nation’s capital. President-elect Barack Obama and Mrs. Clinton fought perhaps the...

ALAN KEYES SUING........................

"ALAN KEYES SUING TO PROVE OBAMA'S CITIZENSHIP: President-elect's former Illinois rival files suit in Sacramento. November 20, 2008       *Alan Keyes, a former presidential candidate, has joined members of his American Independent Party in...

AP Says Convicted Felon Senator Ted Stevens-R Has Lost Re-election

The Associated Press says Mark Begich has beaten convicted felon and incument Republican Senator Ted Stevens in the race for Alaska's Senate seat. Early November, it [appeared] that Stevens [was ahead]*- but then it was discovered that 90,000 ballots, mostly from Democrat...

Stevens loses Senate race in Alaska

Convicted Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has lost his bid for reelection, after a result that was too close to call required that the state wait till all of the ballots were sent in from remote towns to declare the...

US car firms begging for $25bn bailout : Dollar Drought to continue

The US auto industry giants are crying for bailout, and the sum they are asking for is $25 billion.Ths slowing demand and lack of availability of finance is making the sitution worse.The job market drouht is going to...

Kennedy back at work in Senate

WASHINGTON - A beaming Senator Edward Kennedy returned to work in Washington yesterday, exactly six months after confronting a grave threat to his health, and declared himself ready to help lead an aggressive push...

Hillary Clinton on Obama's short list for Secretary of State Reports

Clinton put to rest rumors that she was bitter after her primary loss by campaigning vigorously for Obama in the month leading up to the election.She could face tough Senate confirmation hearings if Obama chooses...

Senate stunned by sugar mills scam

"ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Senate on Thursday was stunned by revelations made by two PML-Q lawmakers about what they termed the biggest sugar mills scam hitting Sindh. Interestingly, no one from the treasury side came out to defend or reject the allegations made by opposition...

Sarah Palin says Republican Party must return to its Core Values

Sarah Palin, former vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. speaking to the annual meeting of the republican governors association, said her defeated party must return to core values for instance limited government...

Who's who on Obama's new team

Who's who on Obama's new team Since winning the US presidential election, Barack Obama has wasted little time assembling a team to help him govern. The BBC News website has put together...

Palin won't 'close doors' on Political future

The Republican Governors Association's two-day meeting included some of the party's rising stars and some of the likeliest candidates for the 2012 presidential election. But the main topic of the annual meeting was...

Senate 'ends' Uruguay abortion ban

Abortion is now in the political agenda of Uruguay. As Congress approved - by a small margin- a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, President Tabare Vazquez has the last word. Some...

The Ministry of Silly Walks – playing at a capital near you

"ByAyesha Tammy Haq As our finance gurus try to work out ways in which to sugar-coat that very bitter pill, the IMF, we wonder how they are going to explain the latest burden on an already empty exchequer. The prime minister has said that the newly...

Who is Harry Reid says 30% of Democrats, Pelosi has 53% Unfavorable Rating

Congress still has an unfavorable rating nearly 13 points lower then the Unpopular President Bush.  30% of Democrats don't know who the Majority Leader of the Senate is.  Speaker Pelosi enjoys a 40% favorability rating slightly above President Bush's...

Obama:Anything is possible, GOP:Not so fast

Tuesday, November 4th 2008 Barack Obama proved to the world that anything, at least in the United States is in fact possible. (Insert Boston Celtics hoops star Kevin Garnett shouting anything is possible following...

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