President-elect Barack Obama has named Harvard physicist John Holdren and marine biologist Jane Lubchenco to top science posts.

President-elect Barack Obama has named four more key members of his administration.
   

The Bush administration came to the rescue of the troubled U.S. auto industry Friday, offering $17.4 billion in loans in exchange for concessions from carmakers and their workers.

An Illinois House panel’s unprecedented meeting to decide whether to impeach scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich is over for the day.

An Iraqi official says a reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush is being held for questioning by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s guards and is being tested for alcohol and drugs.

President-elect Barack Obama has named New York City housing official Shaun Donovan as his secretary of Housing and Urban Development, turning to a former Clinton administration official to help fight the impact of foreclosures in distressed cities.

The House approved the rescue package 237-170 last night. It would provide loans to GM and Chrysler almost immediately. Ford would also be eligible for government help, although it says it’s
OK for now.

Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he will do everything he can to fight another round of bailouts, though he acknowledged he can’t do much.

The selection of Georgia Tech will be officially announced at a
news conference on Wednesday at the school.

Wall Street is ending a volatile week with an unexpected jolt of confidence.

An aide to Barack Obama’s transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.

President elect Barack Obama spent Wednesday working in his transition office in Chicago, and while there were no official announcements on who will be in the new cabinet we are learning more about some of the future president’s choices.

President-elect Barack Obama’s top choice to be the next attorney general appears to be Washington attorney Eric Holder.

Democrats are letting Sen. Joe Lieberman keep his prized chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite supporting Republican
John McCain for president.

The president went to the Transportation Department Tuesday morning to announce that additional air travel lanes this holiday season