Elections

WASHINGTON — It's all in the numbers. If current trends continue and Republicans do not fare better with Latinos, Texas will become a swing state within a few election cycles, political experts say.

WASHINGTON — With its distinctive purple paperback cover and turgid government prose, the Plum Book comes out Wednesday and will be read eagerly by thousands of would-be members of the fledgling Obama administration.

WASHINGTON — Georgia Rep. Paul Broun on Tuesday backed away from comparing polices of President-elect Obama to those of Hitler or a Marxist dictator.

A look at how sundry ballot issues fared in the election seems to show a country that is becoming, at least for the moment, a little more liberal.

WASHINGTON — The face-to-face part of the transfer of power began Monday as President Bush and President-elect Obama met privately in the Oval Office for just over an hour.