A barrier was broken in golf; can basketball be far behind?

Not since Woodrow Wilson has a sitting American president been awarded the Nobel peace prize.

A new “for sale” listing in Chicago is getting national attention.

Just two words have vaulted Addison G. “Joe” Wilson, a relatively obscure Republican member of Congress from South Carolina, into national prominence.

Already challenged by Republicans, Barack Obama is now getting heat on the left from Howard Dean.

In addition to its lobbying efforts in Washington, which have increased dramatically in recent years, Google has many connections to the top people around President Obama.

Did you know Barack Obama can be connected through business and personal relationships to the late rapper Tupac Shakur?

Kidada Jones, the daughter of music bigwig Quincy Jones, was dating Tupac before he was shot and killed in September, 1996.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the fire-and-brimstone race-baiter and former “spiritual advisor” to President Barack Obama, struck a blow for anti-Semitism and against conventional grammar this week.

President Barack Obama has picked another Republican to serve in his Democratic administration.

The latest revelations about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s campaign organization funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to his wife come at a delicate time for the veteran congressman.

When President Obama signs the much-heralded credit card reform bill, he will be delivering a major coup for the National Rifle Association.

Sen. Max Baucus has emerged as an unlikely kingpin.

President Obama seems to have pulled off a slick three-fer today in announcing his nomination of Republican Utah Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. as U.S. ambassador to China.

The baby born to Obama team members Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein is but one illustration of the family ties binding the Obama administration.

From a networking perspective (and that is, after all, the Muckety world view), these are fascinating times.

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said today he is leaving the Republican Party and will run for re-election in 2010 as a Democrat, increasing the odds that Democrats will achieve a filibuster-proof majority.

If Barack Obama and his family decide to summer in Oak Bluffs, as the Boston Globe reports they are considering, they would enjoy not just pristine beaches, but a social scene that includes some of the nation’s most successful black artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs.

From the outset of his political career, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was bullish about business.

At a time of continuing economic crisis, how many of Obama’s appointees have ties to labor groups, and how influential are they?