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A TIME OF TRANSITION
Aides weigh support in the Senate for the former Clinton administration official, who would be the first black leader of the Justice Department. The Marc Rich pardon could emerge as an issue.
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FINANCIAL CRISIS
The Treasury secretary tells a House panel that he plans to conserve the remainder of the bailout funds for the next administration to spend. >>
Lawmakers express skepticism about bailing out Detroit, citing the environment, unions and equity for workers at non-U.S. plants in their states. A vote on the issue could come as soon as today. >>
Backers of the measure banning gay marriage have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it. Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop. 8. >>
She has not indicated whether she will take the job if she does not become Obama's secretary of State, but expanding coverage has been one of her goals for years. >>
Liberal activists are outraged that the Connecticut senator, who supported McCain for president, will retain his committee chairmanship. >>
Forces will continue pursuing extremists in the east despite the brutal weather, says Gen. David McKiernan. >>
AUTOS
The package would be in addition to a $100-billion stimulus proposal, but Republicans -- and time -- are not on their side. >>
Experts say the nation's hard times may paradoxically quicken a sweeping reform of the healthcare system. >>
A scientific panel chartered by Congress cites nerve gas drug and pesticides used during the conflict as being associated with veterans' neurological problems. >>
A TIME OF TRANSITION
The two have a 'productive conversation' in Chicago. 'The general sense was that these guys could get some work done together,' an Obama aide says. >>
As the Obama girls get ready to move into the White House, their parents must decide how to help them live in the fishbowl of the presidency. >>
The former U.N. ambassador faces a diplomatic test: convincing Obama to give him the prized job when he has a history of conflict with some of the president-elect's advisors. >>
The Connecticut senator may get to keep a key chairmanship. On the GOP side, Ted Stevens of Alaska may face expulsion from the party's Senate caucus. >>
THE ECONOMY
The severity of the nation's economic woes requires him to act before taking office or face an even deeper crisis, experts say. >>
Liberals hope the president-elect would name someone who could counter the court's conservative justices. But Obama has hinted that he favors a more moderate choice. >>
The president-elect also discusses his historic election, national security, Bin Laden, Lincoln, FDR and college football. >>
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