NPR 2009-01-09

Key Arab nations and western powers have reportedly reached an agreement in principle on a UN resolution will impose a cease-fire in Gaza. That News comes as Palestinian officials say the bodies of 35 people were found beneath rubble in a battle zon

NPR 2009-01-11

The top Hamas political official says the Israeli attacks on Gaza have destroyed any chance of negotiated settlement with Israel. The speech by Khaled Mashal showed no hint of a willingness to end rocket fire unless all its demands are met. NPR's Pe

NPR 2009-01-12

Israeli forces moved further into the Gaza Strip today, killing at least 29 Palestinians, that brings the death toll to more than 870 Palestinians and 13 Israelis. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel is getting close to achieving its goal

NPR 2009-01-13

President Bush in a somewhat reflective final news conference at the White House today indicated he has wondered whether there are some things he could have done better. However, on the matter of his administration's handling of the current economic

NPR 2009-01-14

Hillary Clinton got a warm reception from Senate colleagues today during her confirmation hearing as Secretary of State. She fielded a number of questions but only a few had to do with potential conflicts of interests with her husband, former Presid

NPR 2009-01-15

The House today has voted to expand the government-sponsored State Childrens Health Insurance Program known as SCHIP for another four and a half years at a cost of 32. 3 billion dollars. By an overwhelming vote of 289 to 139, House lawmakers voted t

NPR 2009-01-16

All 153 people aboard a US Airways flight that crashed into New York's Hudson River this afternoon are safe. That's according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Alberto Panero was aboard the plane and told CNN what happened. All of a sudden, yo

NPR 2009-02-02

Key Senate Democrats say they are willing to consider changes to their economic stimulus proposal. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois. We're very open, very open to this. For instance, some of the Republicans have been saying to us, 'Put more money

NPR 2009-02-03

After years of big spending, Americans continue to pull back. Consumer expenditures fell for a sixth straight month that's according to the Commerce Department. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports. Consumer spending was down 1% in December. Amid all the re

NPR 2009-02-04

A difficult day for Obama administration nominees: the president's pick for health secretary, former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, withdrew his nomination amid ongoing controversy over his taxes, and Nancy Killefer is bowing out from her app

NPR 2009-02-05

President Barack Obama at this hour is signing a bill that will provide government-sponsored health coverage to an estimated four million children. The State Children's Health Insurance Program dubbed SCHIP was approved by a 290-135 vote in the Hous

NPR 2009-02-06

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is hospitalized today after undergoing cancer surgery in New York. The 75-year-old Justice had surgery in New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after a routine exam and follow-up turned up a smal

NPR 2009-02-07

President Barack Obama said today with an estimated 3.6 million people losing their jobs since the start of the current recession, there is no time to waste in getting the economic stimulus plan through Congress. President's remarks coming as Senate

NPR 2009-02-08

Hundreds of fishermen were stranded on Lake Erie today, when a huge slab of ice on which they were fishing broke away from the Ohio shoreline. The Coast Guard and others have rescued more than 100 people so far, but one person died after falling int

NPR 2009-02-09

One of President Obama's top economic advisors Lawrence Summers warns that any delay by Congress in passing economic stimulus legislation could have serious consequences for the economy. He called on lawmakers to transcend politics and act quickly d

NPR 2009-02-10

President Obama continues to press Congress aggressively to pass his economic stimulus plan. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. With an increasingly aggressive tone toward his Republican opponents in Congress, President Obama is using every tool in his kit

NPR 2009-02-11

The Senate has passed the 838-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, sending it to a House-Senate conference. The vote was 61 to 37. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. The Senate passed its bill with the backing of just three Republicans who had considera

NPR 2009-02-12

Senators have announced a deal on a 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, though House and Senate negotiators delayed the planned meeting to approve the measure. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the bill one that creates more jobs than

NPR 2009-02-13

Republican Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire is the latest Obama administration appointee to abruptly pull his name out of contention. In a statement issued late today, Gregg cited what he termed irresolvable conflicts with the President's handlin

NPR 2009-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. President Obama is defending his 3.6-trillion-dollar budget proposal. In his Saturday address, the President said he expects resistance to the enormous spending proposal and he's ready to fight for it.