A vacationing President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated a Harvard University professor and a former Treasury official under President George H.W. Bush — a Democrat and a Republican — to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Democrat Barack Obama tonight returns to the Denver venue where in 2008 he was nominated for president amid a national backlash against Republicans.

If you want a sense of how President Barack Obama's team intends to win in the West, look no further than Democrat Michael Bennet's successful fight to retain his Colorado Senate seat last year.

DENVER — If you want a sense of how President Barack Obama’s team intends to win in the West, look no further than Democrat Michael Bennet’s successful fight to retain his Colorado Senate seat last year. Bennet, who was appointed in 2009, captured a full term in a tough year for Democrats by turning the campaign into a “choice,” not a referendum, on his brief time in the Senate. Read full ...

Columbian diva Shakira has been appointed by President Barack Obama to his Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, along with a a series of Democrat-affiliated advocates and boosters.