Politics

Obama's Actions May Pose Biggest Risk of Shortening Presidential Honeymoon Bill Clinton said his presidential honeymoon lasted 35 seconds. Dwight Eisenhower’s never really ended. Gerald Ford’s monthlong glow vanished overnight with his “full, free and absolute” pardon of Richard Nixon.

Washington Mobilizes 42,500-Strong Security Force for Obama's Inauguration When senior FBI official Joseph Persichini takes his 5 a.m. jog down Washington’s National Mall, he imagines everything that could go wrong at Barack Obama’s inaugural next week.

Obama Wins Legislative Test as Senate Allows Use of Financial-Rescue Funds President-elect Barack Obama won his first legislative test when the U.S. Senate voted to allow the use of $350 billion in financial-rescue funds.

Holder Defends Integrity at Hearing, Urges Fairness for Terrorist Suspects Eric Holder, headed toward confirmation as Barack Obama’s choice for attorney general, said the president-elect is committed to banning torture and departing from the Bush administration’s handling of suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Wind Farm Off Cape Cod, Opposed by Kennedy, Wins Environmental Approval The U.S. Interior Department gave environmental approval to a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, boosting prospects for the first such project in U.S. waters.

Michelle Obama Confronts `Extra Burden' of Expectations in Historic Role Michelle Obama comes to global prominence bearing the weight of expectations that she’ll be every woman’s role model, representing every mother of young children and every professional trying to balance career and family.

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