NPR 2008-10-29

Investors jumped back into the market in a big way today. Bargain hunters moving into snap up stocks help propel both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader SP 500 to more than 10% gains. Michael Farr is with the investment firm Farr Mille

NPR 2008-12-31

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has named his choice to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the US Senate. Blagojevich today picked former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. Chicago Public Radio's Tony Arnold reports. Blagojevich named B

NPR 2008-07-25

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says Europe needs to help the United States stabilize Afghanistan. Obamas in Berlin where he gave a speech to tens of thousands of people. He says no country can solve challenges like terrorism alone. I

NPR 2008-06-24

The Supreme Court says it is going to review a lower court ruling protecting marine mammals from Navy sonar. NPRs Martin Kaste has more. For years, environmental groups have argued that the Navys high-intensity, submarine-tracking sonar can disorien

NPR 2008-09-30

On a day that House lawmakers handed the White House a major defeat ,shooting down the 700-billion-dollar financial rescue plan, Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd remained confident some kind of bill will pass. The Senate Banking Committee chairm

NPR 2008-08-24

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appeared at a rally in Illinois this afternoon with his new running mate Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Obama said Biden is a man who can stare down dictators, but also reach across the aisle to work wi

NPR 2008-09-25

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is calling for the postponement of Friday's scheduled debate with Democratic rival Barack Obama. McCain said today he will stop campaigning after he addresses a Global Initiative session on Thursday host

NPR 2008-09-29

President Bush is praising the bipartisan financial rescue plan worked out in negotiations with the administration. He said he knows the vote on the measure will be difficult for lawmakers, but he's confident it will be approved. House Speaker Nancy

NPR 2008-09-28

Negotiators on Capitol Hill say they're making progress toward agreement on a plan to rescue the financial system, a plan that includes the key elements proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. But House Republicans, including Eric Cantor of Vi

NPR 2008-09-27

Congressional leaders are reporting progress today in talks aimed at fashioning a bailout of the country's financial markets. NPR's Debbie Elliott has more. Negotiations jump-started after House Republicans joined the talks. Minority Leader John Boe

NPR 2008-11-23

President-elect Barack Obama says he has directed his economic team to develop a sweeping economic stimulus plan that will be broader in scope than proposals he spoke of during the campaign. There'll be a two-year nationwide effort to jumpstart job

NPR 2008-10-31

While it takes two quarters of economic contraction for most economists to call a recession, one of those quarters is now in the record books. That follows an announcement from the Commerce Department today, the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the

NPR 2008-06-30

Zimbabwes long-time leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in for another term as president today despite an international outcry about the legitimacy of his election. Marwick Khumalo headed a team of election observers from the Pan-African Parliament who m

NPR 2008-07-26

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is criticizing his rival, Democrat Barack Obama, for bad judgement on Iraq. McCain says Obama opposed last year's surge of US troops sent to Iraq which has helped quell violence. McCain told an audience

NPR 2008-08-25

A US Navy destroyer docked at a port in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today, loaded with more than 50 tons of emergency supplies for the tens of thousands of people forced to flee their homes by the fighting with Russian forces. GOP Senator

NPR 2008-07-24

The House of Representatives passed a bill today designed to deal with the housing crisis. It would authorize the Treasury Department to give unlimited credit to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for 18 months to keep the mortgage giants from collapsing. D

NPR 2008-08-31

The exodus from the Gulf Coast has begun as Hurricane Gustav takes aim on the region. Tens of thousands of people have been leaving today. If the storm stays on its current path, a mandatory evacuation will be ordered for the entire city of New Orle

NPR 2008-06-23

Gasoline prices have risen another ten cents a gallon over the past two weeks to a national average of $4.10 for self-service regular. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says, though, that some areas have higher gas prices than others. Los Angeles, th

NPR 2008-08-30

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is John McCain's choice for vice president. McCain introduced his running mate to a crowd of Republican supporters in the battleground state of Ohio. NPR's David Schaper has more from Dayton, Ohio. The 44-year-old first t

NPR 2008-08-29

Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson singing the national anthem at Invesco Field in Denver as tens of thousands of the Democratic Party faithful and uncounted millions of others watching from home, are kicking in the grand finale of the Democratic