Two confidants said Hillary Rodham Clinton would give up her Senate seat and accept the nomination for secretary of state after talks with the president-elect.

An official says 19,000 students died in May's 7.9-magnitude quake, but a propaganda office immediately backs away from that estimate. Jiang Xujun felt the sta

President-elect Barack Obama’s reported selections for two major cabinet jobs suggest a preference for pragmatists, not ideologues.

President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democrati

More news is coming out about Obama's cabinet. With Penny Pritzker withdrawing herself for consideration, Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post reports that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is now in contention for Commerce Secretary: New Mexico

The news that Timothy F. Geithner would be named Treasury secretary helped drive stocks sharply higher.

Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state, would seek solutions to problems her husband and George W. Bush failed to resolve.

Nov. 21, 2008--Old attitudes persist about race, but new arrivals could change all that. Just look at North Carolina.

Nov. 21, 2008--How the Allen Iverson-Chauncey Billups deal worked out for Denver and Detroit.

Nov. 21, 2008--NPR's series of radio broadcasts in York, Pennsylvania chronicles the race debate in Election 2008.