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Obama Outlines Climate Change Plan, Weiner Leads Comeback Race, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 26, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including PolitiFact considers possible outcomes for Wednesday's Supreme Court same-sex marriage decisions and "The Daily Show's" John Oliver takes aim at the media and the government over whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama’s ‘Fairy Godmother’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 5, 2013 Obama was an inconsequential lawmaker in the Illinois Senate when his future pick to be U.S. secretary of Commerce introduced him to titans of the finance industry and raised three-quarters of a billion dollars toward his presidential election, investigative reporter Greg Palast tells us. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Selects Billionaire Campaign Backer as Commerce Secretary

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 2, 2013 Barack Obama has once again dropped all pretenses of being a progressive president by nominating Penny Pritzker -- a major campaign contributor with a personal fortune estimated at $1.85 billion and a history of dogging bank regulations -- to head the Commerce Department. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dubya’s Presidential Tab, Jon Stewart on Political Gaffes and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 12, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Arizona's special election, the fiscal damage done by George W. Bush's presidency and the latest on the controversial Florida voter purge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

China Ambassador’s American Tale

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2011 President Obama nominated Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American commerce secretary, to be the next US ambassador to arguably the most important country in the world Locke's grandfather, who left China to work in Washington state as a servant paid in English lessons, would be proud, but then (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stocks Rise as Geithner Becomes Treasury Front-Runner

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2008 Friday brought more news from purportedly reliable sources close to Barack Obama, this time suggesting that the president-elect was zeroing in on Timothy Geithner as his pick for treasury secretary and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for commerce secretary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )