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• Rahm Emanuel Back on Chicago Ballot for Now Tuesday, 25 Jan 2011 | 1:59 PM ET

  

  The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered election officials not to print any mayoral ballots without Rahm Emanuel's name while the justices consider whether to hear an appeal from the former White House chief of staff.

• Rahm Emanuel Can't Run for Chicago Mayor: Court Monday, 24 Jan 2011 | 1:51 PM ET

  

  An Illinois Appeals Court ruled Monday that former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's name can't appear on the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city in the year before the election.

• Olbermann's Exit From MSNBC Was Long Time Coming Sunday, 23 Jan 2011 | 12:31 PM ET

  

  Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday.

• Senator Kent Conrad Won't Seek Re-Election Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011 | 11:18 AM ET

  

  U.S. Senator Kent Conrad, a Democrat representing North Dakota, will not seek reelection in 2012, NBC News has confirmed.

• Charges Are Attempt to Quash Tea Party: O'Donnell Friday, 31 Dec 2010 | 10:26 AM ET

  Charges by the US attorney against Delaware Senate Nominee Christine O’Donnell, a Republican and Tea Party favorite, of alleged illegal use of campaign funds are unfounded and an attempt to quash the Tea Party movement, O’Donnell, told CNBC Thursday.

• Feds Probe Christine O'Donnell's Campaign Spending Wednesday, 29 Dec 2010 | 4:49 PM ET

  

  Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell to determine if the former Senate candidate broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation.

• Emanuel Can Run for Chicago Mayor: Election Board Thursday, 23 Dec 2010 | 1:27 PM ET

  

  Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor although he spent much of the last two years living in Washington while working for President Barack Obama, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Thursday.

• We Need to Act or Get Thrown Out: Sen.-Elect Portman Wednesday, 22 Dec 2010 | 10:43 AM ET

  The newly elected Congress needs to “get to work” to solve some of the country’s biggest problems or the American people will throw them out in two years, GOP Sen.-Elect Rob Portman of Ohio told CNBC Wednesday.

• Cleaning Out Street's 'Bad Apples' Is Healthy: Steve Rattner Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | 1:17 PM ET

  

  Steve Rattner, the veteran investor and co-founder of the private equity firm Quadrangle Group who led the administration's effort to restructure the auto industry, says insider trading charges help clean up bad apples from Wall Street.

• Salzman: How Will You React to the Changes? Monday, 6 Dec 2010 | 1:59 PM ET

  We are in an era of tremendous change as people are rediscovering those things that are most important to them, and often being forced to do so as the reality of layoffs and lack of job security set in.

• Deficit Commission Members Weigh In Wednesday, 1 Dec 2010 | 2:48 PM ET

  America's "Number 1 domestic problem," the federal deficit, took center stage on Wednesday morning as President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission released its findings. Some members of the 18-member bipartisan deficit commission, appearing on CNBC Wednesday, weighed in with their thoughts. To read the full report,

• Farrell: What Obama Can Learn From Clinton Wednesday, 1 Dec 2010 | 10:33 AM ET

  

  Bill Clinton could sniff the political winds better than most 20th-Century politicians...President Obama is much more committed to his ideological slant, but that won't help his dream if he is a one-term President.

• Salzman: Mining Social Trends (or Previewing 2011) Tuesday, 30 Nov 2010 | 12:01 AM ET

  One of the world's top trendspotters is looking ahead to 2011 and seeing the trends that will change our society and forge new opportunities and industries.

• With A New Book, Sarah Palin Hopes to Capture “America By Heart” Tuesday, 23 Nov 2010 | 12:54 PM ET

  

  Sarah Palin kicks off a major publicity tour today for her new book "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag."  Nearly ever political pundit thinks this is part of her battle plan for defeating the Democrats - especially President Obama - in the next election even though she hasn’t yet declared herself an official contender.

• House Democrats Elect to Keep Nancy Pelosi as Leader Wednesday, 17 Nov 2010 | 2:44 PM ET

  

  House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month's congressional elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership.

• Trump Hints at Possible Run for President Wednesday, 17 Nov 2010 | 2:41 PM ET

  

  Move over, Mr. Obama. Donald Trump is  “mulling over” whether to run for president.

• US Companies Welcome Power Shift Monday, 8 Nov 2010 | 11:28 AM ET

  

  Beyond Mr Obama’s signal that the administration was seeking to press the “reset” button with business, there were other reasons why corporate America had reason to cheer the election of a new Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

• Hart: The Election's True Mandate Monday, 8 Nov 2010 | 11:15 AM ET

  

  So what did our congressional representatives really learn from last Tuesday’s election? Not much, I fear.

• Ritholtz: Does Barack Obama Have George H. W. Bush Senior Syndrome? Monday, 8 Nov 2010 | 8:01 AM ET

  Damn, those Republicans work fast — the jobs situation is already improving! In all seriousness, I am not (yet) willing to bet, based on a single recent data point, that the employment situation has turned around.

• Week Ahead: New Dynamic for Markets With Political, Monetary Impact Friday, 5 Nov 2010 | 8:55 PM ET

  

  Stocks may take a breather after the past week's drama, as investors assess the new political dynamic in Washington and the effects of the Fed's latest effort to pump up the economy.