Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, while testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON  –  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has kicked off her new position as chief diplomat by introducing [...]

[Read more →]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The soon-to-be First Family is looking for the perfect First Pet to join them in the White House, and it may be waiting for them just outside the Beltway. 
The Humane Society of Prince George’s County says they’ve got a rescue dog that would make the perfect pet for President-elect Barack Obama, his [...]

[Read more →]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. administers the oath of office a second time in the Map Room of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. White House photo by Pete Souza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has administered the presidential oath of office to Barack Obama for a second time just to [...]

[Read more →]

President Barack Obama meets with his senior staff to assert expectations on ethics and conduct, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making good on his promise to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo [...]

[Read more →]

First lady Michelle Obama stands on stage during the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL
AP Fashion Writer
WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama celebrated her husband’s inauguration Tuesday night wearing a white chiffon, one-shoulder gown covered in fluffy appliques and beading that will now become part of [...]

[Read more →]

A U.S. soldier secures the area where a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Senior Iraqi education official Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali escaped unharmed after a roadside bomb hit his convoy while traveling through central Baghdad. A police officer at the scene said two civilians and three guards were injured. (AP [...]

[Read more →]

Amanda Raflo watches the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama online while studying at a coffee shop in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
By JAKE COYLE
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK — In an inauguration defined by a sense of change, the experience of watching Barack Obama take office was fittingly revolutionary.
Like never before, Americans [...]

[Read more →]

– Hearkening back to better times for newspapers, hawkers brought cries of “extra, extra” back to street corners Tuesday as passers-by shoved change in their hands in exchange for special editions commemorating President Barack Obama’s inauguration
CHICAGO (AP) — Hearkening back to better times for newspapers, hawkers brought cries of “extra, extra” back to street corners [...]

[Read more →]

President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, have their first dance of the evening during the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
WASHINGTON (AP) — “At Last” may have been just what President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were thinking Tuesday night as they glided [...]

[Read more →]

President Barack Obama
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now [...]

[Read more →]