Politico - As Barack Obama faces mounting pressure to announce his economic team, Democrats are split over two of the leading candidates for Treasury secretary: New York Federal Reserve Chairman Timothy Geithner and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers.

AP - Among the blue states that delivered the White House to President-elect Obama, one truly lived up to its marquee billing in the 1961 Elvis Presley musical 'Blue Hawaii.'

CQPolitics.com - There are three races in the Senate and five in the House that are too close to call. Recounts and legal challenges could keep several of them up in the air well into December. In addition, under Louisiana's unique electoral system, two congressional seats won't be filled until another round of balloting in four weeks.

AP - British police charged a 43-year-old man Thursday with plotting an act of terrorism and having two improvised explosive devices, chemicals, timers, and a Nazi-themed handbook.

Politico - Weeks before Barack Obama won the presidency, he met privately in Washington with his former Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and Latino political leaders who had fervently backed her bid.

AP - Russia's constitution will be amended by year's end to extend the presidential term to six years, lawmakers promised Thursday — a move that could pave the way for Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin.

AFP - The United Nations has urged India to decriminalise homosexuality, saying it would help the fight against HIV/AIDS by allowing intervention programmes like the successful ones in China and Brazil.

AP - Gov. Ed Rendell has ruled out taking a job in the Obama administration before his term ends in January 2011, in part because a midterm departure could open the door to a Republican takeover of Pennsylvania state government, his spokesman said Friday.

Politico - Michelle Obama’s mother will move to Washington to help take care of her granddaughters, Malia and Sasha, sources close to the transition say.

AP - In-person exit polling shows that more and more voters only have cell phones and increasingly they vote differently from those who still have landlines at home.

CQPolitics.com - Unions, political action committees and other special interests shelled out nearly $98 million in independent expenditures to influence the presidential election, according to a CQ MoneyLine analysis of campaign finance reports through Nov. 4.

AP - An immigration lawyer for President-elect Obama's aunt says she wants to fight a deportation order and stay in the United States.

AP - President-elect Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some Republicans, for top administration posts, according to Democratic officials.

Politico - Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama Press Avail on the Economy Thursday, November 7th, 2008 Chicago, Illinois

AP - Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is stepping down from his cherished post as chairman of the Appropriations Committee.

AP - Thousands of opposition supporters marched across the Georgian capital Friday in the first major protest against President Mikhail Saakashvili since the nation's August war with Russia.

AP - Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday the GOP lost the White House because the party was tainted by corruption, overspending and 'sometimes came across as a bunch of grumpy old men.'

Politico - Lobbyists all over town are sizing up what the new Obama administration might mean to them and their clients. Some of these size-up reports are nothing more than rehashes of old news. But APCO Worldwide has turned up a few nuggets worth reading:

AP - Major economic proposals President-elect Obama discussed Friday to aid recovery from the nation's economic distress:

AP - President-elect Obama promised his daughters a puppy after the election, but finding one is proving to be a bit of a challenge.

AP - As he confronts the nation's worst financial crisis since the Depression, President-elect Obama has assembled a broad based team of economic advisers though those who stand closest to him tend to be non-ideological pragmatists.

Politico - Two former White House chiefs of staff praised President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) to assume that job during a Brookings Institution panel on Friday.

AP - The Democrats have gained another foot soldier in Congress: Democrat Frank Kratovil has won an open seat in the U.S. House from Maryland's 1st District.

AFP - The European Union's French presidency on Friday called on Balkan countries aspiring to join the 27-nation bloc to establish tight cooperation in their fight against organised crime.

Politico - The campaign is over, but President-elect Barack Obama is still raising cash—this time to help fund his move into the Oval Office.

AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday expressed 'strong concern' over Russian plans to deploy missiles near its border with the EU, while calling for frozen talks with Moscow to be resumed.