U.S. Presidential Transition (2009)

At the same time, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Congress should release the second $350 billion from the financial rescue fund that it approved in October to bail out huge financial institutions. Tapping the fund for the auto industry basically...

President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in the U.S. Senate ratcheted up pressure on disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign Wednesday while federal agents fanned out to investigate the details of the Illinois chief executive's alleged shakedown...

by Mark Silva and updated after departure In a show of stately cooperation following one of the longest and roughest presidential campaigns of all time, the Democratic president-elect came to the White House of a retiring Republican president for a......

In economic news, which shapes political news these days, the US tosses another $40 billion into the AIG bailout, and China unveils a $586 billion stimulus plan. In San Juan, Gov. Paterson says deep cuts in Medicaid and school......

Mayor Richard J. Daley at Chicago City Hall at June 14, 1973 press conference. Chicago Tribune photo by George Quinn. by Frank James Although the 2008 presidential campaign is over, its talking points apparently aren't, particularly the one about......

by Frank James We actually may have more than one president at a time, despite what President-elect Obama and his aides have persistently said since Election Day. That's the only way to interpret some reporting that indicates Obama's transition is......

by Mark Silva When President George W. Bush convenes a two-day summit of world leaders in Washington on Friday to confront the global economic crisis, President-elect Barack Obama will not be present. When Congress convenes for a lame-duck session next......

by Mark Silva John Podesta, the bookish co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's transition planning, was casting about today for a title for Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging Chicago congressman whom Obama has designated as his chief of staff. Chief...

by Mark Silva President-elect Barack Obama's transition planning will run about $12 million and employ 450 people. "We recognize that we have only one president at a time,'' said John Podesta, Obama's co-chairman for transition planning, in a press...

by Mark Silva and updated The White House today denied that President Bush was suggesting any trade-off when he discussed with President-elect Barack Obama his interest in winning a Colombia Free Trade agreement in the context of getting some emergency......

by Frank James Sen. Joe Lieberman's efforts to hold onto his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chairmanship may be gaining Joementum. TPM Election Central is reporting that Stepanie Cutter, an Obama transition spokeswoman, is sending...

by Frank James When the economy is unsteady and there's a surplus of job applicants, employers can be more exacting in their requirements. The incoming Obama Administration is no different, and maybe even more demanding than many an employer since......