Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representative, owes an estimated $10,000 in back taxes from earlier in the decade and has agreed to pay them, the Senate Finance Committee said Monday. ...more

March 2, 2009

A White House source says Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of health and human services. ...more

February 28, 2009

A few hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared victory in the Gaza Strip, the hawkish contender to succeed him paid a visit to wounded soldiers and insisted that the enemy had not been defeated. ...more

January 26, 2009

During a grinding 18-month stretch in the 1990s, U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell crossed the Atlantic more than 100 times in a dogged search for peace between Northern Ireland's Protestants and Catholics. ...more

January 26, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama this week coped with an unwelcome distraction in accusations against Illinois' governor but continued to make key appointments and make inauguration plans. ...more

December 13, 2008

Leaving The Senate President-elect Barack Obama officially resigned from the Senate on Sunday, removing himself from any official role in the lame-duck session of Congress that convened this week. ...more

November 22, 2008

Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for the job of secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of the president-elect's Cabinet begins to emerge. ...more

November 20, 2008

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

South Dakota Sen. John Thune told a crowd of Hillsborough County Republicans on Friday they should make certain John McCain wins the presidency, even if they don't agree with him on all issues, because of the Supreme Court appointments the next president will make. ...more

July 19, 2008

John Rocker claims he flunked a drug test ordered by Major League Baseball in 2000 and that he, Alex Rodriguez and other Texas Rangers were advised by management and union doctors following a spring training lecture on how to effectively use steroids. ...more

February 12, 2008