Inauguration 2009

Historic climate bill passes House in a close vote

Renee Schoof and David Lightman - Updated: Friday, June 26 2009 - 5:28 pm

The House of Representatives on Friday voted 219 to 212 to take historic steps to reduce the heat-trapping gases building up in the atmosphere and gradually shift America to cleaner sources of energy. However, the measure is still a long way from becoming law. The Senate now will work out its own version, and the results of a planned vote there this fall are uncertain.

Harsh sermon may signal bigger crackdown on Iranian opposition

a McClatchy special correspondent and Jonathan S. Landay - Updated: Friday, June 26 2009 - 5:47 pm

A senior cleric aligned with Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for leaders of the mass protests over the country's disputed presidential election to be dealt with "mercilessly" and treated as enemies of God, a transgression meriting death.

To gays who supported him, Obama hasn't walked the walk

Rick Montgomery - Updated: Friday, June 26 2009 - 4:03 pm

President Barack Obama's caution on same-sex marriage and gays in the military isn't winning him much praise from frustrated gays and lesbians, who think he hasn't delivered on his campaign promises to a constituency that helped put him in the White House.

Iranians mourn slain woman as power struggle continues

a McClatchy special correspondent and Jonathan S. Landay - Published: Thursday, June 25 2009 - 6:12 pm

Defying an official ban, hundreds of people held a graveside tribute Thursday for the woman who's become a symbol of the Iranian opposition after she was killed while protesting the country's disputed election. Some experts Thursday said they thought Iran's worst political crisis in 30 years was entering a new phase.

Sanford's trade mission to Argentina contradicted U.S. policy

Kevin G. Hall - Updated: Thursday, June 25 2009 - 6:32 pm

When South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford added a stop in Argentina to his trade mission to Brazil last June, the side trip should have raised eyebrows because he was undertaking a trade mission that the U.S. government was unwilling to make.

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While Barack Obama made history becoming the first African American to win the presidency, the black vote was only part of his victory story. He relied on support from many others. Here's an interactive look at people from groups that backed him in particularly large numbers in California.

Fourth-grade students at Helen Carr Castello Elementary School in Elk Grove read their letters to President-elect Barack Obama.

Donors to the Presidential Inaugural Committee

President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration committee has disclosed the names of all donors giving $200 or more. Search for donors in our interactive database.

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