President Barack Obama succeeded George W. Bush Tuesday in a moving inaugural ceremony befitting the greatest nation on Earth. The two men, flanked by security, walked shoulder-to-shoulder into the Capitol and, just over an hour later, out again in the peaceful exchange of power so taken for granted here but envied by much of the world. ...more

January 21, 2009

O'Donnell and Barbara Walters are trading shots this week. O'Donnell fired off last night on Conan O'Brien's late night talkie with some sarcastic faint praise for Walters' "The View." ...more

November 21, 2008

7:35 a.m.: Wendy Menouni emerges from voting at New Mount Zion Baptist Church on Columbus Drive early this morning with three young future voters in tow. "We're a divided household," she says. "Two of us are for McCain and two are for Obama." ...more

November 4, 2008

Victoria St. Gelais is panicky. Tami Brewster-Barnes feels the nerves in the pit of her stomach. Steven Valentine is losing sleep as his mood rises and falls with John McCain's poll numbers. ...more

October 28, 2008