Archive for the ‘MSN Politics’ Category

  • Attorney General Mukasey collapses

    Attorney General Michael Mukasey.Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was taken to a hospital. The Department of Justice said he was conscious but would be kept overnight.

  • Phone workers peek at Obama’s cell records

    Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama’s old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the company said late Thursday.

  • Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton

    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with retiring Sen. John Warner on their way to a vote Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. An aide to Barack Obama’s transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.

  • NYT: Obama fund-raiser quells Cabinet rumors

    Penny Pritzker's family fortune dates back to a grandfather's land purchases during the Great Depression. His sons established the Hyatt hotel chain.NYT: The business holdings and connections that made Penny Pritzker a key to the Obama presidential campaign’s fundraising may have kept her from a job as commerce secretary.

  • Dems demand business plan from Big Three

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has strong words for the brass of the auto industries 'Big 3' Thursday after Congress asked the automakers to present a plan defining how the use of bailout funds would help rebuild the industry. (MSNBC)Democratic leaders in Congress decided to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December and will first demand the Big Three show how the funds would transform the industry.

  • Congress votes to extend jobless benefits

    Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them.

  • Napolitano eyed for Homeland Security

    NBC’s David Gregory speaks with Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz., on her feelings about the presidential race and the new presidential ad campaigns in her home state. (Other)An early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, the former Arizona attorney general is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security.

  • Emanuel: Got ideas? Call my cell

    Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, on Capitol Hill today to meet with House and Senate Republicans, says that the lines of communication will run across the aisle in an Obama administration.Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, on Capitol Hill today to meet with House and Senate Republicans, says that the lines of communication will run across the aisle in an Obama administration.

  • Why Democrats gave Big Three a reprieve

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has strong words for Big Three auto industry executives Thursday after he asked them to present plans detailing how the firms could be viable in the future. (MSNBC)A look at the political reasoning behind the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give the Big Three auto makers another shot at a $25 billion loan.

  • Bum nominations hard to avoid, history shows

    Former President Bill Clinton’s foreign business dealings could derail Hillary Clinton’s chances of serving in an Obama administration. NBC’s Lisa Myers reports. (Today Show)No matter how careful he is, sooner or later President-elect Barack Obama is likely to make a bum nomination or two.