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Last news: January 2, 2009 21:47:59

AP - President-elect Obama is avoiding the issue of whether Sen. Joe Lieberman should remain chairman of an important committee.

Politico - A middle-class tax cut will be one of President-elect Obama’s first proposals after he takes the oath of office, incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday.

AP - While you were fixated on the election campaign and on the collapsing economy and your vanishing retirement investments, stuff happened. - [Read more]

AP - They missed classes, skipped sleep and parties. Thousands spent countless hours instead knocking on doors to make a case for Barack Obama, the man who would be elected the next president of the United States. And many more young Obama supporters stood in line for hours to vote, some for the first time.

AP - All presidents are tested. Few walk into the Oval Office when the nation is in the throes of multiple crises. Like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President-elect Obama is facing a banking emergency.

Politico - President-elect Barack Obama says he’ll not dictate his Senate replacement, making him one of very few Illinois politicians sitting out the fight over the seat. - [Read more]

AP - Authorities searched for a United Nations vehicle stolen from the Kabul airport on Saturday, amid concerns militants could use the SUV as a car bomb or to ferry attackers close to sensitive sites. - [Read more]

AP - Vice president-elect Joe Biden, riding in a horse-drawn, white carriage with his wife, Jill, received a heros welcome Thursday on his first trip home since the election.

AP - Sen. Joe Liebermans affiliation with Democrats was in question after a meeting Thursday with Majority Leader Harry Reid, steamed over the Connecticut independents high-profile support of John McCain for president.

Bloomberg - Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama named Representative Rahm Emanuel, a bare-knuckled Chicago politician versed in the inner workings of Capitol Hill and the White House, as his chief of staff. - [Read more]

Politico - CHICAGO — For almost every day since Barack Obama began his presidential bid, Robert Gibbs has literally stood at his side, traveling as one of a core group of top aides who kept the Illinois senator company and his candidacy on track. - [Read more]

AP - Barack Obama is signaling a shift in tactics and temperament as he moves from candidate to president-elect, picking sharp-elbowed Washington insiders for top posts. His choice Thursday for White House chief of staff — Rahm Emanuel, a fiery partisan who doesnt mind breaking glass and hurting feelings — is a significant departure from the soft-spoken, low-key aides that "No-Drama Obama" has surrounded himself with during his campaign.

AP - A student of ballet, Rahm Emanuel has shown a flair for theatrics over his years as a Democratic operative. His fancy dancing has been anything but delicate, however.

Politico - A Manhattan art museum is getting lots of attention for an oil painting of a certain future first lady and her younger daughter. - [Read more]

AP - Democrat Jeff Merkley has ousted Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, a victory once considered unlikely against an incumbent who had highlighted his efforts to work across the aisle in hopes of surviving a wave of anti-GOP sentiment.

Reuters - The fate of a convicted felon will help determine the size of the Democrats expanded power in the U.S. Senate, and may provide a new job opportunity for failed vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

AP - One Senate candidate says the voters have spoken. The other says the electorate still needs to be heard.

AP - President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.

AP - A victorious Joe Biden has come home to Delaware for the states traditional day of post-election healing.

AFP - The government cast doubt Thursday on the prospects of a European Union peacekeeping force being deployed in the violence-wracked Democratic Republic of Congo, saying better use should be made of UN troops.