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Featured ArticlesThe Illinois attorney general petitioned the State Supreme Court to remove Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. President Bush and the Treasury Department said they would consider using money from the $700 billion financial bailout to help automakers. ADVERTISEMENT The sticking point in the Senate negotiations apparently was the union’s refusal to agree to certain concessions.
 A grand jury was weighing evidence against Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, and an Illinois state senator said he had felt pressured toward a quid pro quo agreement. Congressional Republicans are trying to turn the tables on Democrats who pressed a good-government theme in their successful drive to recapture Congress in 2006. Antoin Rezko was one of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s closest advisers and a longtime friend of Barack Obama’s, but Mr. Obama and Mr. Blagojevich were never particularly close.  Tom Daschle, Barack Obama’s choice to be health and human services secretary, acknowledges that securing national health care will be difficult.  Carol M. Browner’s new position as White House coordinator of energy and climate policy may be undefined, but her thinking on those issues is clearly in line with the president-elect’s.  The CaucusThe White House has turned down a request fromBarack Obama’s family to move into Blair House in early January so that his daughters can start school on January 5. The Arizona senator returned to "The Late Show" for the first time since the election and came armed with some comedic one-liners. Recounting the ballots has the potential to tip the balance in the close race. Barack Obama's inaugural will probably break records, but the number who come to witness it probably will be less than 4 million. At a forum, still debating the Florida primary and its effect on the Democratic nominating contest. Federal investigators got a big break in the Blagojevich investigation in October when a fund-raiser and close adviser of the Illinois governor, decided to cooperate. Restoring the salary to its previous level in a bid to make Hillary Clinton eligible to be secretary of state. An Illinois congresswoman is one of the first to make public her intentions to run for Barack Obama’s Senate seat if a special election is held. |  Ms. Toner, the first woman to be the national political correspondent of The New York Times, was 54. Many of the airmen tell us they are pleased about the invitation to see the first black president sworn in on Jan. 20, but they’re also concerned about the challenges they will face if they go to Washington.  The CaucusThe InaugurationThe latest updates on the plans for the 56th Inaugural. Multimedia President-elect Barack Obama wanted to talk about health care and the economy, but he also had to talk about the scandal surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, reports John Harwood of The New York Times and CNBC.  A series of profiles of potential members of President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.  |
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