CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House, appointing new staff and thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his political career. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama resigned his seat in the Senate on Sunday to focus on his transition to the White House while thanking his home state of Illinois for launching his political career. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Ninety-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest serving senator in history, announced on Friday that he will step down from his chairmanship of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama said on Friday he wanted Congress to pass another stimulus package as soon as possible to stabilize the U.S. economy. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain faced the verdict of U.S. voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle for the White House, with Obama holding a decisive edge in national opinion polls. ... > full story
KISUMU, Kenya, Nov. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Kenyans in Barack Obama's ancestral homeland prayed for victory Tuesday and relatives prepared to roast a bull in celebration if he becomes the first African-American president of the United States. ... > full story
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A subdued Barack Obama on Monday mourned his grandmother as a "quiet hero" who helped raise him, telling a campaign rally that her death had made the final night of his White House campaign "bittersweet." ... > full story
SCRANTON, Penn, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — On one campaign flight in August, I was finally getting some rest when I was woken by a familiar baritone. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain took their final shots at each other and swept across battleground states on Monday to wrap up a U.S. presidential campaign in which Obama was leading but McCain hoped to pull off a historic upset. ... > full story
OBAMA, Japan, Nov. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — Dancing, singing and playing the guitar, residents in the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama are readying to party for Barack Obama before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. ... > full story
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Negative Ads Sharpened Before Election Nov. 3, 2008 (ABC 7 Denver (KMGH)) — If you've been watching television, you've seen candidates sharpening their last-minute attack ads and pushing the envelope.. . But does all the ...
Obama’s grandmother dies of cancer Nov. 3, 2008 (The Hill) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's grandmother, who helped raise the Illinois senator, died of cancer on Monday. Obama, who is ...
Obama musical hits Kenya Nov. 3, 2008 (News 24, South Africa) — US presidential election favourite Barack Obama's life is being depicted in musical form in his ancestral homeland Kenya in the last days before ...
Obama backers filling South Loop hotels fast Nov. 3, 2008 (Chicago Tribune) — For the hundreds of thousands of Barack Obama supporters expected to assemble Tuesday in and around Grant Park, the event promises one of two ...
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