WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Barack Obama officially was certified Thursday as the next president of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Monday he is concerned world leaders' expectations for President-elect Barack Obama are too high.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden Sunday defended plans for an expanded economic recovery plan that critics say would balloon the national deficit.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will travel by train from Philadelphia to Washington before his Jan. 20 inauguration, officials said Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday said he was unaware Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was allegedly trying to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore isn't likely to be a member of President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet, aides to both men say.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, faces trial this week alongside four co-defendants, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The president of the United Automobile Workers said Sunday he is optimistic Congress will approve a bailout plan for U.S. automakers this week.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Eric Shinseki is about to set up shop in the same White House, which under U.S. President George Bush, disregarded his warnings about Iraq troop levels.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said in remarks aired Sunday he will tap Gen. Eric Shinseki to lead the Veterans Administration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. Bush administration assessment of Afghanistan to be given to the next president tacitly acknowledges its Pakistan strategy has failed, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will bar Vice President-elect Joe Biden from weekly internal Democratic Party Senate lunches.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Caroline Kennedy's reported interest in an open U.S. Senate seat could be a ploy meant to keep New York's attorney general from being appointed, a source says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Last-minute appointments by U.S. President George Bush, which in past presidencies have been controversial, aren't raising concerns this time, analysts say.
