WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama will have to drop proposals for a government-run health insurance option if he hopes to reach congressional agreement on health-care reform.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon and Air Force are reviewing whether their officials may be partly to blame for a $328,835 photo-op of a jumbo jet used by the president soaring above New York City that has already forced the White House military director to step down.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Widening war in “the most dangerous place in the world,“ President Barack Obama launched a fresh effort Friday to defeat al-Qaida terrorists in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, defending his strategy with shades of the dire language of George W. Bush.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top executives of the nation’s biggest banks said Friday after meeting with President Barack Obama that they will work with the administration on its economic recovery plans, but want more specifics from the White House.

A Web site launched by the White House last month to allow citizens to keep track of where stimulus dollars are going is getting 3,000 hits per second and already has registered more than 150 million hits altogether.

HOUSTON—Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance.

WASHINGTON—The House on Wednesday approved language that would allow Cuban-Americans to visit their relatives on the island more frequently and also ease some U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba.

Here is what some of Alabama’s congressional delegation had to say about President Barack Obama’s address Tuesday night.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s outgoing prime minister called on hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government quickly as coalition bargaining shifted into high gear Sunday.

On his first full day in office, President Obama is tackling two of the nation’s toughest issues head on.

Click to view a slideshow of photos from Tuesday’s Inaugural parade.

Click to view a slideshow of photos from Tuesday night’s Inaugural balls.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Rev. Joseph Lowery of Georgia has thanked God for letting Barack Obama inspire the nation to believe that “yes, we can” work together toward a “more perfect union.“

Just a moment after President Barack Obama took the oath of office, the White House website took on a new look.

Click for the full transcript of President Obama’s Inaugural address.

A crowd of more than 200 people were at the Anniston Meeting Center to watch the inauguration on a big screen.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Thousands of people are gathered in Birmingham’s historic Boutwell Auditorium for the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

Crowds gather for Barack Obama’s Inauguration. Brooke Hart reports. 

  By 4 a.m. EST Tuesday, lines of riders formed in suburban parking lots for the Metro transit system, which put on extra trains for the expected rush.

The handoff takes place at a time of drama and crisis—with two wars and a recession

Expectations of President-Elect Obama

The Azalea Trail Maids from Mobile will serve as Alabama’s representative in Obama’s Inauguration Parade.

Click to watch special Inauguration videos from msnbc.com

Leonards New England of Seekonk, Massachusetts has been open since 1933, but it’s never had a customer like this.  The company is sending one of its antique beds to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Michelle Obama has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy: smart, elegant, sophisticated, yet able to identify with the average woman.

Hillary Clinton is faced with her senate confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

The massive effort is underway to prepare for possibly more than a million visitors for Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Obama asks President Bush to ok the second half of the huge Wall Street bailout.

President Bush held his final official news conference Monday morning at the White House.