Read more President-elect Obama stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36743/president-elect-obama.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47810/obama-inspires-young-black-pols-to-take-risks-for-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYoung black politicians inspired by Barack Obama’s astonishingly quick ascent are pursuing riskier, more ambitious strategies for the 2010 elections, Chris Cillizza writes in the Washington Post . Florida Rep. Kendrick Meek, for example, a 42-year-old African-American, is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, though Meek could...http://www.newser.com/story/47810/obama-inspires-young-black-pols-to-take-risks-for-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Jan 2009 14:56:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47729/obama-will-issue-order-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order in his first week in office—perhaps his first day—to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two transition-team advisers, the AP reports. Nonethless, it is unlikely the detention facility at the US Navy base in...http://www.newser.com/story/47729/obama-will-issue-order-to-close-gitmo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 16:05:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47488/wall-street-dominates-list-of-inaugural-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrivate donations to defray the cost of Barack Obama's inauguration festivities total $27.3 million—and large donors, including Wall Street executives flush with bailout cash, chipped in $24.8 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. That runs counter to the vow to remain independent of special interests that led...http://www.newser.com/story/47488/wall-street-dominates-list-of-inaugural-donors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 13:30:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47292/39-41-42-43-44-have-lunch-at-the-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama met with a pair of George Bushes, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter today for a photo-op and lunch at the White House, the Chicago Tribune reports. "I want to thank the president-elect for joining the ex-presidents for lunch,'' Bush said, looking to Obama. "And one message that...http://www.newser.com/story/47292/39-41-42-43-44-have-lunch-at-the-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 13:24:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47217/pelosi-sacks-fla-reps-plea-to-delay-votes-for-gator-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Florida congressman asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to postpone certifying the election of Barack Obama and other business so the Florida and Oklahoma delegations can attend the Gators and Sooners BCS championship game tomorrow, AP reports. "Madam Speaker, kindly consider," Republican Cliff Stearns pleaded in a handwritten note.http://www.newser.com/story/47217/pelosi-sacks-fla-reps-plea-to-delay-votes-for-gator-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 8:57:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46877/big-lunch-date-obama-bush-bush-clinton-carter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama is moving to DC this weekend, and he's already got an interesting lunch date lined up next week with some fellows named George Bush (both of them), Clinton, and Carter, ABC News reports. Wednesday's meeting at the White House will bring together the president-elect with all the living...http://www.newser.com/story/46877/big-lunch-date-obama-bush-bush-clinton-carter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Jan 2009 14:46:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46498/as-presidential-bubble-closes-obama-pokes-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere's a growing gaggle of press and Secret Service standing between Barack Obama and the outside world—not to mention the corner hotdog stand—and the president-elect is showing signs that the presidential "bubble" is wearing on him, Politico reports. Obama ditched the pool of reporters assigned to follow him...http://www.newser.com/story/46498/as-presidential-bubble-closes-obama-pokes-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Dec 2008 18:29:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45612/aretha-rick-warren-on-tap-for-inauguration-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAretha Franklin will participate in Barack Obama’s inauguration next month, the New York Times reports, with the Queen of Soul hitting the stage after evangelical leader Rick Warren gives the invocation. Obama has also commissioned composer John Williams to write a new piece of music for the ceremony—to be...http://www.newser.com/story/45612/aretha-rick-warren-on-tap-for-inauguration-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 15:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45600/hillary-to-supporters-lay-off-caroline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo those Clintonites bashing Caroline Kennedy—the Democratic scion who threw her weight behind Barack Obama in the hard-fought primaries—Hillary Clinton has a message: Pipe down, the New York Daily News reports. Clinton insiders say the soon-to-be secretary of State understands "She's got to be part of the team...http://www.newser.com/story/45600/hillary-to-supporters-lay-off-caroline.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 12:55:37 CST