DULUTH, Georgia, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) The state of Georgia voted in a run-off election for U.S. Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to more easily pass their legislation agenda. ... > full story
LONDON, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played the piano for Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace Monday as a farewell gesture before the end of the Bush administration's term next month. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) The U.S. government will need a variety of programs to deal with troubled credit markets and is open to feedback from the incoming Obama administration in developing them, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) The election of the first black president in U.S. history should send a powerful signal to young black Americans: If Barack Obama made it, so can you. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton declined to say on Friday whether she was in the running to be secretary of state, a day after a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama in Chicago. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's historic victory does not bode well for comedians who have thrived on jokes about President George W. Bush, experts say. ... > full story
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) More than 71 million Americans tuned in to see Tuesday's climax to the historic U.S. presidential campaign on television, far more than watched prime-time returns from the last two White House races, figures released on Wednesday showed. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) For Americans burdened by a sense of history, something once unthinkable has happened. The United States has elected a black president. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) Republican presidential candidate John McCain added to a string of victories in Southern states in the U.S. election on Tuesday by winning Arkansas, U.S. television networks projected. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) Republican presidential candidate John McCain won South Carolina on Tuesday, a state that he had been expected to take, U.S. television networks projected. ... > full story
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