SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack​ Obama has chosen a pastor who opposes gay marriage​ as a speaker at his inauguration, creating a​ commo...

Anti-smoking advocates are counting on Barack​ Obama as a role model for others trying to kick​ the habit.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack​ Obama said on Friday he was disappointed by the​ failure of a Senate deal to bail out the U.S. auto​ ind...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian​ President Mahmoud Abbas will hold farewell talks​ with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington​ on Decem...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack​ Obama will nominate Steven Chu, a Nobel physics​ laureate and advocate of alternative energy​ research, as...

Leon Panetta, chief of staff in President​ Clinton's White House, will be​ President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be​ director of the CIA, tw...

A number of high-profile convicts are hoping​ President Bush will grant their clemency requests​ before leaving office -- but the president's​ cauti...

Vice President-elect Joseph Biden said Tuesday an​ internal report will show that neither​ President-elect Barack Obama nor his aides had​ inappropriate ...

Vice President-elect Joe Biden says an internal​ review expected to be released later Tuesday will​ show there was "no inappropriate​ contact"&...