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

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