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  • Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele holds a gavel after he was elected the first black Republican National Committee chairman in an election by the RNC during their winter meetings, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 in Washington. Steele was the most moderate candidate in the field and was considered an outsider because he's not an RNC member. He beat back four challengers, including incumbent Mike Duncan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman AP - Fri Jan 30

    WASHINGTON - The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president.

  • US President Barack Obama(R) speaks on the Middle Class Working Families Taskforce as Vice President Joe Biden looks on in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama warned that grim data showing a deepening recession revealed a "continuing disaster" for US workers and meant Congress must act immediately on his economic stimulus plan.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden AP - Fri Jan 30

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management. Obama also used the occasion at the White House to announce formally a new White House task force on the problems of middle-class Americans. He named Vice President Joe Biden as its chairman

  • In this April 4, 2004 file photo plainclothes contractors working for Blackwater USA take part in a firefight as Iraqi demonstrators loyal to Muqtada Al Sadr attempt to advance on a facility being defended by U.S. and Spanish soldiers, in the Iraqi city of Najaf.Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians. (AP Photo/Gervasio Sanchez)Official: Blackwater's Iraq deal not to be renewed AP - Fri Jan 30

    WASHINGTON - The State Department will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May, a senior U.S. official said Friday. The official told The Associated Press that the contract will lapse because of the Iraqi government's decision to deny Blackwater a license to operate.


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