Obama's transition fundraising has fallen off its earlier pace and may just squeak by in reaching its target.

Biden likened the country’s economic crisis to the attacks of 9/11in a private meeting on Capitol Hill.

Obama won bipartisan pledges from Congress on that they will approve an economic recovery bill by mid-February.

Richardson said he dropped his bid for commerce because a federal probe went on longer than expected.

Obama likes to say there’s only one president at a time, but it doesn’t look that way this week.

Whitman is signaling she may join the field of candidates vying to replace Schwarzenegger in 2010.

Biden has pinpointed Pakistan and Afghanistan as top foreign policy concerns for the incoming administration.

Candidates vying for RNC chair predicted Obama administration would outspend its political capital.

Obama taps former California Rep. Leon Panetta for CIA director and retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence. But is the Panetta choice already in trouble? Some Senate Democrats are grumbling.

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This chain e-mail is a hoax. The "statistics" are grossly incorrect, and Prof. Olson says he didn't write it.

Burris will meet with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and majority whip Dick Durbin this week.

Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee plans to make this the most accessible swearing-in in history.

President-elect Obama meets with House Speaker Pelosi about his stimulus plan and predicts a "sobering job report" at week's end.

Obama named Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law School, to be his solicitor general.

Once again, Apple (AAPL) has showed why analysts and Apple fans have been right to worry about Steve Jobs' health despite the company's assertions that everything is okay.

News Releases are official statements of the Department of Defense.

News Releases are official statements of the Department of Defense.

Obama's team wound up empty handed when it tried to get information from Bill Richardson.

President-elect Obama plans to propose huge tax cuts for businesses and middle-class workers that will total about 40 percent of the package.