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MSNBC's Chris Matthews won't run for Senate

MSNBC's Chris Matthews won't run for SenateNEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - After months of will-he or won't-he speculation, MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews has opted not to run for the U.S. Senate in his native Pennsylvania.

Obama to lay out case for stimulus in speech

Obama to lay out case for stimulus in speechWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will call for quick action on a fiscal stimulus package in a speech on Thursday aimed at reassuring Americans that he is determined to stem the economic crisis.

Obama to revamp counterterrorism efforts: report

Obama to revamp counterterrorism efforts: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will revamp the way the U.S. government coordinates counterterrorism efforts, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Paulson says Obama will decide on rescue spending

Paulson says Obama will decide on rescue spendingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will decide how to spend the remaining half of a $700 billion economic rescue package, a top Bush administration official said on Wednesday, while a key Democratic lawmaker outlined his vision of how new rescue funds should be spent.

Feds: Inauguration is attractive terrorist target

Feds: Inauguration is attractive terrorist target

The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats.


Major lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing

Major lab discloses problem with vitamin D testingWASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's largest medical lab company says it recently discovered and fixed a problem that led to inaccuracies in a small number of tests for vitamin D deficiency....

Matthews won't run for Pa. Senate seat

Matthews won't run for Pa. Senate seatMSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews has told his colleagues he won't be leaving television to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.

Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris

Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on BurrisWASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."...

Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents

Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidentsWASHINGTON (AP) -- Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club. In an image bound to go down in history, every living U.S. president came together at the White House on Wednesday to hash over the world's challenges with the president-elect. There they stood, shoulder-to-shoulder in the Oval Office: George H.W. Bush, Obama,...

Obama, Bush dine with ex-presidents at White House

Obama, Bush dine with ex-presidents at White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and his successor, Barack Obama, joined all the living U.S. presidents on Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House two weeks before the country's next transfer of power.

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