Workers at Hargrove Incorporated are working around the clock to get all the floats ready for this year’s inaugural parade.

Whether it’s the shiny new convention center, the city’s historic Union Station or the grand National Building Museum, the location of some states’ official inaugural balls Jan. 20 gives states bragging rights. But for Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and six other Southern states, Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration committee Tuesday announced it has selected a ball site with a more earthy pedigree—DC’s National Guard Armory.

Your votes last year became a reality today with the swearing in of a new congress.

Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-Va., called Monday’s congressional talks with President-elect Barack Obama a “candid meeting,” but the Republican whip said he still wants to see more of Obama’s economic stimulus plan before supporting it.

South Carolina Republican Party chair Katon Dawson predicted Monday that president-elect Barack Obama will “overreach” during his first two years in office, giving the national GOP an opportunity to rebuild.

President George W. Bush says he understands “Israel’s desire to protect itself,“ offering his first public comments about the U.S. ally’s massive ground invasion into Gaza.

President-elect Barack Obama is now in Washington, setting up a final march toward his inauguration two weeks from tomorrow.  He’ll meet with congressional leaders today and deal with the first hit to his young cabinet.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Reid called Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in early December to discuss the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The Illinois House could vote as early as next week on whether to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

President-elect Barack Obama arrived back on the U.S. mainland early Friday morning. He’ll be wrapping up last-minute business in Chicago before heading to Washington this weekend. Meanwhile, President Bush returned from the ranch in Crawford and both are preparing for the presidential handoff on January 20th.

The Treasury Department says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether other companies connected to the struggling automotive industry should be provided emergency aid
from the government’s $700 billion bailout pot.

An atheist who has fought to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance has joined a lawsuit seeking to remove all religious references from President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

A stir in the political world as Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich names a replacement for Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate even though Blagojevich faces criminal charges of trying to sell the post.

Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has scheduled an afternoon news conference amid reports that he plans to name someone to Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat.

Obama team releases internal report on Blagojevich contacts.

President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used in 1861 for his swearing in.

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he is not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing and plans to stay on the job.

The White House has announced a plan to rescue troubled U.S. automakers.

President-elect Barack Obama is defending his choice of Pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. He also criticized the government’s handling of the economy.

President-elect Barack Obama says the government has been “asleep at the switch” when it comes to overseeing the nation’s financial system.

President-elect Barack Obama has named an environment team that signals his determination to tackle global warming quickly and develop alternative forms of energy.

President-elect Barack Obama is pledging quick work on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending and telling the nation’s governors he wants their help in designing it.

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This week we're teaming up with the Savannah Morning News to begin a series of political forums. It will be your chance to ask the candidates some tough questions.  The first forum—set for tonight—will feature candidates for one of Savannah's Georgia Senate seats.

McCain edges out Romney for the 57 GOP delegates up for grabs

Neither snow nor sleet nor freezing rain will keep South Carolina Republicans away from the polls; at least that’s what John McCain and Mike Huckabee are hoping. They are in a statistical dead heat if the polls can be believed.

The latest Presidential Campaign poll shows McCain, Obama leading among their party competitors in South Carolina

After placing second in Iowa and third in New Hampshire, Democratic Presidential Candidate John Edwards is setting his sights on trying to win South Carolina.

John McCain is the projected winner for the GOP in the New Hampshire primary. The Associated Press and NBC News are now calling Hillary Clinton the winner among Democrats.