Michelle Obama: All Dolled Up (PHOTOS)
What will Michelle wear to the inauguration? Since we still don’t know the answer, here’s a look back at formal wear she has donned in the past.
Michael Moore In Legal Trouble With War Photographer
Michal Moore is about to be sued by a celebrated war photographer over his online use of an image. Independent correspondent Michael Yon took a photo , voted by Time readers the top photo of 2005, of a soldier cradling a bloody, injured Iraqi girl who died shortly thereafter.
Daschle’s Confirmation Bogs Down In Committee
WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Tom Daschle’s confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services has slowed as the Republican staff on the Senate Finance Committee staff examines his tax records and his association with an education-loan provider that is separately under committee scrutiny.
Julian E. Zelizer: Zelizer’s Book Corner: Frank Lambert’s Religion in American Politics
When Reverend Rick Warren handles the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration next week, the day after we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, many Democrats will be disappointed and hurt, even with the recent announcement that the progressive minister Sharon Watkins will give the sermon at the national prayer service on the day following the inauguration. When Obama selected Warren, an outspoken social conservative — who supported the campaign against gay marriage in California and has made numerous disparaging comments about homosexuals and women — to give the invocation at the inauguration, many of Obama’s supporters were furious
Obamas Move Into Blair House, One Step Closer To The White House
The Obamas are moving one step closer to the White House. On Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move into Blair House, which traditionally serves as a temporary home for incoming presidents and their families, just five days before they move into their official residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Geithner Was Repeatedly Told By IMF That He Owed Taxes
Timothy Geithner, whose nomination as Treasury secretary has been delayed by his past failure to pay taxes, was repeatedly advised in writing by the International Monetary Fund that he owed Social Security and Medicare taxes on the income he earned at the organization between 2001 and 2004. Questions over his initial failure to pay more than $34,000 in taxes are clouding his prospects for confirmation.
Obama And Biden’s Fireside Chat With Supreme Court Justices; Alito Skips It
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden visited the Supreme Court late Wednesday afternoon for a highly private, hourlong courtesy call that included chatting around a Court fireplace with eight of the nine justices.
Bush Launches Post-Presidential Office
President Bush is naming a high-powered staff to launch him on a productive post-presidency that, at least at first, will be busy behind the scenes and quiet on the surface. The Office of George W
Osama Bin Laden Challenges Obama In Tape
Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden has issued a new audiotape urging Muslims to launch a jihad, or holy war, to stop the Israeli offensive in Gaza. Bin Laden also condemns Arab governments for preventing their people from acting to “liberate Palestine.” The tape was posted Wednesday on Islamic militant Web sites where al-Qaida usually issues its messages
Bloomberg Tries To Box In Governor Paterson On Kennedy
When I see Caroline Kennedy, I think Mike Bloomberg. In the contest for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, Kennedy is to Bloomberg what the City Council was to the mayor in his term limits battle–a partner in the spoils, yes, but, ultimately, little more than a pawn in his power grab.
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