Day: December 16, 2008

Representative Peter Hoekstra said he would not seek re-election in 2010 and is considering a run for governor.

The former chairman of a Massachusetts tribe agreed to plead guilty to violating campaign finance laws while working with the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Barack Obama said an internal review found that his advisers had had no “inappropriate” talks over the vacant Senate seat in Illinois.

The Electoral College cemented Barack Obama’s victory, in a year when new figures showed that voter turnout reached its highest level since 1968.

Interior Department officials manipulated scientific facts to limit protections for species at risk of becoming extinct, an inspector general said.

The tapes of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich talking about benefiting from his Senate pick may fall into a legal gray area.

Arne Duncan is known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful ties with unions.

After the president-elect introduced some new members of his team, aides confirmed that he would select Senator Ken Salazar as interior secretary.

Americans are more upbeat about U.S. prospects in Iraq than at any time in the past five years, but nearly two-thirds continue to believe the war is not worth fighting and 70 percent say President-elect Barack Obama should fulfill his campaign promise to withdraw U.S. forces from the country with…

The development of nuclear arsenals by both Iran and North Korea could lead to “a cascade of proliferation,” making it more probable that terrorists could get their hands on an atomic weapon, a congressionally chartered commission warned yesterday.