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President Obama: Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on the steps we’re taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately to prosperity.
Now, it’s important to remember that this …

Just after noon eastern time, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. He gave an inaugural speech that told Americans to be hopeful but hard times are still ahead.
Here is the text of the speech:
“My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by …

Just when I thought we were going to get a break from high fuel costs, the National Commission on Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing has called Congress to increase the fuel tax on a gallon of gas by 50%. The reason is that more motorists are …

Saturday, President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan that he said would create around 2.5 million new jobs by January 2011.  The jobs would be created by spending billions of tax dollars to build and repair roads and bridges, modernize schools, and explore and create …