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Bill Clinton mentioned for wife's Senate seat

Bill Clinton mentioned for wife's Senate seat

Crisis leads Obama to pick staff quickly

No president-elect in American history has moved as fast to get started as Barack Obama. No president-elect in modern times has had to. Monday, Obama is set to announce the leaders of his economic team, nominating as Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve. The president-elect plans to name Larry Summers, a Treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to head the National Economic Council. And Obama is promising to push an expanded economic st...

Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Writer after signing book deal

Joe the Plumber becomes Joe the Writer after signing book deal

Video: The green driving challenge

The green driving challenge Patrick Barkham finds out how far he can stretch a litre of fuel as he takes a green driving test

Preparing for a new presidency | Change.gov

HAVING fought the longest election campaign in American history, Barack Obama is now immersed in the most difficult transition in living memory. He will inherit two wars and the worst economic crisis since the Depression. He needs to ensure a smooth transfer of power from an incumbent who is ideologically and temperamentally his polar opposite. He also needs to translate his vague philosophy of “hope” and “change” into governance. Hearts are sure to be broken and enemi...

The presidential election results and voting preferences

How the race was won

Number of kids on medication jumps alarmingly

The number of children who take medication for chronic diseases has jumped dramatically, another troubling sign that many of the youngest Americans are struggling with obesity, doctors say.

Candidates making their case

The marathon campaign for the White House nears its conclusion on Tuesday with voters poised to select the 44th president of the United States.

Gallup Poll signals that debate boosted Obama, not McCain -

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama convinced many more viewers to think more favorably of him during Tuesday night's presidential debate than did his Republican opponent, John McCain, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll signals. While 53% of the 735 people surveyed said their opinions of Obama had not changed, 34% said they thought more favorably of him and 12% viewed him less favorably. All 735 said they had watched the debate.

Some travelers criticize Border Patrol inspection methods

Three times in the past year, Border Patrol agents have approached Silvio Torres-Saillant in the Greyhound station in Syracuse, N.Y., as he purchased tickets or waited in the terminal. Each time, they asked about his immigration status and citizenship, says the Syracuse University English professor, a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Dominican Republic.