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Democrats will not get a filibuster-proof Senate, as Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss won a runoff Tuesday that drew far fewer voters than the general election.

Barack Obama formally declared a number of his cabinet selections at a news conference today, tapping Clinton for State and keeping Gates at Defense.

Democratic members of Congress insist they will work to reverse so-called “midnight regulations” instituted by the outgoing Bush administration.

Absent of any hyperbole, some Christians are quite seriously offering evidence tying President-elect Barack Obama to the antichrist, while others see him as messianic.

Obama's decision to make Robert Gates his Secretary of Defense brings bipartisanship, experience and continuity to the position.

Barack Obama officially named members of his economic staff Monday. The team, known for its belief in “Rubinomics,” has a daunting task ahead.

Bill Clinton and John McCain are among those who have visited Georgia in the past few weeks to support challenger Jim Martin or incumbent Saxby Chambliss.

Hyde Park is the Chicago South Side neighborhood that serves as home to the University of Chicago, an institution whose student body proudly sells T-shirts festooned with an unofficial school motto: “Where Fun Comes to Die.” Someone else calls the neighborhood home, too—President-elect Barack Obama—and thanks to him, Hyde Park has become America’s address of the moment.

After losing a bitter campaign for the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton has allegedly accepted her former rival’s offer to be secretary of state.

With news surfacing this week about Obama’s cabinet selections—Daschle, Napolitano, Holder, and Orszag—many say he is molding a loyal and practical administration.

The Bush administration is busy passing regulations before midnight on Nov. 20, the latest that a regulation can go into effect before Inauguration Day.

A ban on gay marriage, which California voters approved earlier this month, will stand, though the state’s Supreme Court has agreed to consider a challenge.

Succumbing to state congressional pressure, Mass. state Sen. Diane Wilkerson submitted a single-page letter of resignation a day after being formally charged with corruption.

FindingDulcinea speculates about President-elect Obama's choices to represent these departments and what mandates they are likely to follow in the new administration.

The latest vote tally indicates that Alaska Sen. Stevens has lost his re-election bid, though he may request a recount.

Unlike presidential transitions in the past, observers say President-elect Obama and President Bush are working together to make this a relatively smooth one.

While many have been celebrating Obama’s historic win, others have been expressing their disappointment with racially motivated attacks.

Opponents of Proposition 8 have published lists of people and businesses who gave money to support the ban, encouraging boycotts, protests and hostility

FindingDulcinea looks at the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and Transportation, explaining what they do and who might head them in the Obama administration.

Following election-season allegations of voter registration fraud, one group has decided to stop funding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

FindingDulcinea looks at the Departments of Energy, Health & Human Services, Homeland Security and Interior, speculating whom President-elect Obama might pick as secretaries of these departments and what mandates the departments are likely to follow in the new administration.

Some politicians and economists want to let GM, Ford and Chrysler sink, while others propose offering a chunk of the bank bailout to the ailing U.S. automakers.

A look at the economic legacies of modern administrations and how they may influence President-elect Barack Obama’s financial policies

FindingDulcinea introduces the history of the Cabinet. We then explore the functions of four of its departments—Defense, Education, State and Treasury—and link to speculations about whom President-elect Obama might pick as secretaries of these departments.

Concerns that a Democrat-controlled Congress may enact restrictions on gun sales spurs a surge in gun purchases.

The legally mandated recount in the race between Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Democratic challenger Al Franken is growing as acrimonious as the campaign itself.

As Obama and Biden leave the Senate for the White House, how will these and other congressional vacancies be filled?

Those unhappy with the voters’ approval of a state ban on gay marriage continued protests this weekend in various California cities.

Voters approved new laws in many states, but some officials aren’t sure how to implement them.

Comedians wonder whether the president-elect will provide them with good material.