Here are some of the most current news items on our new incoming President, Barack Obama:   

Obama returns to gym, vacation
The Associated Press
President-elect Barack Obama returned Monday to a military gym where he has spent all but one morning since beginning a 12-day ...

NKorea may stage nuke test to tame Obama team: study
AFP
But incoming President Barack Obama, it forecast, would be tougher than his predecessor in dealing with what it called Pyongyang's brinkmanship.

Blagojevich's Attorney to Submit Obama Report to Impeachment Panel
Wall Street Journal - USA
Rod Blagojevich's attorney is expected to submit President-elect Barack Obama's internal report on communications with the Illinois governor to the House ... 

Environmentalists Help Shape Obama's Energy Agenda
Voice of America - USA
With less than a month before his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama has fulfilled his promise to quickly name his cabinet and ...

Obama first president-elect atop most admired list since 1952
Boston Globe - United States
A survey released the day after Christmas shouldn't go unnoticed: Gallup's annual poll of Americans' most admired people put President-elect Barack Obama by ...

Obama Steps Over the Line
The Washington Independent - Washington,DC,USA
Would Barack Obama invite a prominent segregationist to speak at his inauguration? Aren’t there some views that simply don’t deserve a seat at the table? ...

Georgie Anne Geyer: 'Forgotten' war in Afghanistan awaits Obama
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
One problem beyond the miseries of the economy is going to bedevil President-elect Barack Obama: the Afghan war. Even while the Iraq situation is vastly ...

George, Abe, Rick & Barack
New York Times - United States
Those of us who dislike finger-wagging nanny-state-nagging liberalism relish the prospect of President Barack Obama sneaking a cigarette on the second floor ...

Obama visits friend on Oahu's North Shore
The Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama and his family spent nearly seven hours on Oahu's North Shore, visiting one of his old high school buddies. ...

Obama's Tax Cuts Likely Soon
Washington Post - United States
28 -- President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan will include an immediate tax cut for middle-class families, and the incoming administration ...

The World Newser
Here, you'll get an inside look into Charlie Gibson’s newsroom, dissecting the way we build the national and global headlines for the broadcast, covering the latest politics from the 2008 election to President Barack obama and Vice ...

Political Punch
They will not have Barack Obama to use for this one. I think we should all become'magic negroes' and make this party disappear. Posted by: angie | Dec 29, 2008 1:12:52 PM. Ha ha, pretty funny, if you are not an obamabot from the ...

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...
(CNN) — As the violence rages in Gaza, President Bush is putting the blame squarely on Hamas, while President-elect Barack Obama is keeping a low profile and sticking by his belief that "there is only one president at a time." ...

NewsDaily: Obama may set new policy on Cuba's aging revolution
Five decades after Fidel Castro toppled a US-backed dictator to take power in Cuba, the Cold War rivalry with Washington could be thawing as President-elect Barack Obama looks to ease sanctions against the communist-run island.

Jay Stevens: Passing gun control legislation could cost Obama the ...
Jay Stevens: Barack Obama's support for gun control legislation could cost him the support of western Democrats and fracture his coalition. ... Barack Obama ·; United States ·; US domestic policy ·; US Congress ·; Democrats ...