What kind of first lady will Michelle Obama be? Amid all the predictors, one thing that's certain is that Michelle Obama will be the kind of first lady this
Tuesday's elections leave little doubt that the Republicans' Nixon-era strategy to win over white Southerners
has been a resounding success. But have they
A North Korean diplomat says the communist country is ready to deal with any new U.S. administration following Barack Obama's election.
Democratic officials say Barack Obama's fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be White House chief of staff.
President Bush and Democratic successor Barack Obama will have their first meeting about Iraq, the financial meltdown and the future of the country on Monday
Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the No. 2 Republican in the House, is stepping aside after Tuesday's disappointing election results.
The passage of Proposition 8 stirred anger, protests, lawsuits and a deep sense of loss among gays in California.
While President-elect Barack Obama enjoyed a few days with his family after a hard-fought election, speculation swirled in the nation's capital around
Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building an administration in times of crisis as Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering
President Bush is promising to cooperate with Barack Obama in the transition work that will precede the transfer of power to the newly elected Democrat.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who broke with the Republican party to endorse Barack Obama, called Obama's election as the country's first black
Democrats broadened their control of Congress in Tuesday's elections, though in the Senate they fell short of the 60 votes needed for a filibuster-proof
Many in Iraq said Wednesday they don't expect an immediate shift in U.S. policy toward their country when Barack Obama takes over as the new U.S. president.
It was lunchtime Wednesday in Japan when the news of Barack Obama's election came. And the citizens of Obama, Japan, were ecstatic.
Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent sang, danced in the streets and wrapped themselves in U.S. flags Wednesday.
Barack Obama's presidential election victory comes with an albatross of a prize - an economy beset by a stubborn housing slump and the worst financial crisis
