President Bush's request to Saudi Arabia to increase oil production has been rebuffed. Mr. Bush spent the day out of public view meeting with Saudi's King Abdullah about soaring gas prices and other issues. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from the Saud
Emergency crews in Kansas are still assessing the damage from the dozens of tornadoes that hit parts of the state last night. At least two people were killed. Sharon Watson is a spokeswoman for the state's Adjutant General's Department. We've got ma
At Arlington National Cemetery on this Memorial Day, President Bush urged Americans to pay tribute to the members of the Armed Services who've fallen in battle, especially in the last year. NPR's John Burnett reports. The president called the fighti
Two more powerful earthquakes or aftershocks from earthquakes hit Sichuan province, China this afternoon, and the confirmed death toll from the May 12th quake has now grown to more than 67, 000. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports from Chengdu. Those aftershoc
Bush loyalists are taking the offensive today in response to a book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. In it, he claims the administration relied on, what he termed, an aggressive political propaganda campaign instead of the trut
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the removal of more than 100 children from a polygamist compound was not warranted. Nathan Bernier of member station KUT in Austin reports. The ruling applies to 128 of the more than 440 children taken from the
In a decision certain to be appealed to the US Supreme Court, a three-judge federal court today upheld a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act. NPRs Nina Totenberg has more. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was reauthorized most recently two year
Hillary Clinton has apologized for a comment she made in South Dakota today in saying that people should stop calling for her to leave the race. Clinton pointed out it was not until June when Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy was killed. NPR's Dav
A strong aftershock jolted Central China today, even as emergency workers were looking for more victims from this month's earthquake there. Today's temblor had a magnitude of six and it destroyed thousands of mainly vacant homes and buildings, at le