Jon Voight, the father of Angelina Jolie is slowly becoming one of the leading voices of the Republican Party in United States. Jon Voight, a solid Hollywood actor has aligned himself with the Republican Party in full. Voight was the host of the GOP Congressional Dinner, a fundraiser in Washington, DC last night and did not hold his tongue when it came to President Obama.

The governor of Texas reaffirms the support for HCR 50 that reiterates Texas’ rights over powers not otherwise granted to Federal Government. It is amazing that this news did not make the top headlines of the major news networks. Governor Perry of Texas says "I believe the federal government has become oppressive." Below is the release from the office of the Texas Governor Rick Perry.

In the wake of the growing issues surrounding the AIG bonus scandal and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s oft-demonstrated inability to lead and act appropriately, Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) today called on Secretary Geithner to either resign or be fired from his position.

Barack Obama has named the nation's first CIO, selecting Vivek Kundra, CTO (now former) of the District of Columbia.

President Obama has released his budget for fiscal year 2010, beginning in October, this morning. Most details of Obama budget are not available yet, but the Washington Post notes some of the details of the budget that will be announced when the budget is released.

Major networks and newspapers are reporting that the governor of Kansas Kathleen Sebelius is on the top of Barack Obama's list to head the HHS: the Health Department.

Two British judges say that the U.S. has threatened to withdraw intelligence help from the United Kingdom if the details of a case regarding a Guantanamo detainee who was allegedly tortured are made public.

After much critique and fighting to save his nomination for the HHS secretary Tom Daschle today withdrew his candidacy for the nomination for the HHS Secretary post. Yesterday Daschle apologized and said he was deeply embarrassed because of the oversight on the tax return issue.

On Monday the Senate voted to confirm Eric Holder as Attorney General. He is thus the first African-American A.G.

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated William V. Coor, executive director of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a nonprofit group that seeks to reduce tobacco use among children and adults, for deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Nancy Killefer from the McKinsey & Company will be named as the Chief Performance Officer in the Barack Obama's administration. This is a newly created position and Nancy Killefer's job will be to work on the federal budget and to reform government.