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January 21, 2009
NEW: Reports: Homeless agency fires Ill. first lady
CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago homeless agency has fired Illinois’ first lady from her $100,000-a-year job as its chief fundraiser.
Senate confirms Clinton as secretary of state
WASHINGTON(AP) - The Senate has confirmed Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state.
NEW: Three-quarters of stimulus to go in 18 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top White House official says the Obama administration wants to spend three-quarters of an $825 billion economic stimulus package within 18 months of its passage.
Obama to sign order shutting Gitmo in a year
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order Thursday to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt military trials of terror suspects held there.
January 20, 2009
President Obama inaugurated as 44th President
Tonight’s top story, Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th President today.
Doctors say fatigue caused Kennedy’s seizure
WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors are blaming fatigue for the seizure that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ill with a brain tumor, suffered during a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama.
UPDATE: Bush tells cheering Texans ‘it is good to be home’
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - President George W. Bush says “it is good to be home.“
Obama talks of ‘new way forward’ on foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is telling the world’s Muslims that his administration will be looking for a “new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.“
Obama vows responsible end to Iraq war
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama is vowing to “responsibly leave Iraq to its people” and also to build what he calls a “hard-earned peace in Afghanistan.“
Obama speaks of ‘crisis’ facing nation
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he’s taking the helm of a nation that is “in the midst of crisis.“
New administration gets warm welcome from crowd despite cold
WASHINGTON (AP) - The mood in Washington, D.C. this inauguration day has been warmly festive, but the chilly weather has been taking its toll.
Obamas take part in parade tradition
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have taken part in tradition of reviewing the Inaugural.
January 19, 2009
NEW: Anti-war protesters throw shoes at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Anti-war protesters were throwing shoes outside the gates of the White House on President George W. Bush’s last day in office.
Release expected soon, after Bush commutes sentences of former US border agents
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents are expected to be released from prison within the next two months, now that President Bush has commuted their sentences.
Biden’s wife slips that he was offered secretary of state job
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden might not be getting ready to be sworn-in as vice president tomorrow—if he had taken Barack Obama up on a different offer.
NEW: Biden does construction work on day of service
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden spent part of his day of service hanging dry wall at a Habitat for Humanity home in Northeast Washington.
Obama prepares for inauguration
This time tomorrow, there will be new faces in the White House when we inaugurate Barack Obama as Commander-in-Chief.
January 18, 2009
Obama holds opening events for inauguration
The party has already begun.
Obama says he’s hopeful despite challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says “Anything is possible in America.“
Pelosi wants Bush officials’ actions reviewed
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants an investigation into whether the Bush administration broke the law when it fired a group of federal prosecutors.
Axelrod: Treasury pick to gain public confidence
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top aide to Barack Obama says the public should have confidence in Obama’s pick for treasury secretary despite his tax problems.
UPDATE: Obama pauses to honor US war dead at Arlington
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama has taken some time in between inaugural festivities to remember the nation’s war dead.
January 17, 2009
UPDATE: Obama completes train tour; presidency looms ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama has arrived in Washington at the end of a majestic train ride across the frigid mid-Atlantic seaboard, moving another step closer to the presidency.
January 16, 2009
Obama hits the road to make pitch for his economic plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama has been making a pitch for investment in new sources of energy—a main feature of his $825 billion economic plan.
Bush salutes Hudson River pilot who landed plane
WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush called the pilot of the ill-fated US Airways jetliner to thank him for saving the lives of the passengers.
January 12, 2009
President Bush defends decisions made during presidency
It’s his last week in office and President Bush is defending some of his more controversial decisions from the last eight years.
January 11, 2009
Obama: $350b bailout needs to help people
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama is calling for more transparency and strict guidelines for using the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund.
Biden: US will help fight terror in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden is promising U.S. support for Afghanistan’s struggle against terrorism, drugs and corruption.
January 10, 2009
Obama’s first foreign trip as president: Canada
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to take his first international trip to Canada.
UPDATE: Obama releases analysis of economic plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - There’s word that President-elect Barack Obama’s team and the Bush administration may ask Congress for immediate access to the $350 billion left in a financial bailout fund approved last year.
