NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's half-brother has been arrested in Kenya for possession of marijuana, police said Saturday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama praised President George Bush's decision Friday to provide a bridge loan package to two ailing U.S. automakers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday said any help provided to the auto industry must be a long-term solution, "not just kicking the can down the road."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The bailout package is for the financial industry, not the U.S. auto industry, despite its importance to the economy, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged President George Bush Monday to support financial aid for carmakers, sources said after the two met at the White House.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who will be President-elect Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, said Sunday Obama favors government aid for the auto industry.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is committed to the survival of the struggling U.S. auto industry.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- The financial crisis that began on Wall Street snaked into other economic sectors, such as the U.S. auto industry, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday.
DETROIT, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The ailing U.S. auto industry would receive help from a Barack Obama administration, the Democratic candidate's top economic adviser said.
DETROIT, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has criticized the U.S. auto industry in Detroit for maintaining the country's reliance on oil. Speaking to a sell-out crowd of 2,000 at the Detroit Economic Club luncheon Monday, Obama said he would