NPR 2009-5-22

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Reactions were along party lines on Capitol Hill to the speech President Obama delivered today at the National Archives. The President broadly addressed national security and safeguarding the constitution

NPR 2009-05-23

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. Forty-four states and the District of Columbia lost jobs in April according to the Labor Department. NPR's Yuki Noguchi has details. The report shows that overall the nation's unemployment picture cont

NPR 2009-6-22

Iranian police made a show of force on the streets of the capital Tehran today and opposition supporters largely stayed away after more than a week of protests over June 12th disputed presidential election. Reuters News Service reports the oppositio

NPR 2009-06-21

President Obama is calling the crackdown against demonstrations in Iran violent and unjust and he warned that the world is watching what's happening in Tehran. Sound of gunfire was heard there today as police clashed with protestors defying a warnin

NPR 2009-6-20

Supporters of Iranian moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to one individual, are feeling angry, worried and disappointed after a speech by Iran's supreme leader in which he called for an end to street demonstrations. Comments come in t

NPR 2009-06-19

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Lawmakers are digging into details of President Obama's plan to overhaul financial regulation today. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on Capitol Hill answering questions about the plan. NPR's Scott

NPR 2009-06-17

President Obama is weighing in today on the disputed presidential race in Iran, though he also appears to be treading cautiously, not wanting to, as he put it, meddle in Iranian politics. President said he welcomed the decision by Iran's supreme lea

NPR 2009-6-16

With thousands of people marching through the streets of Tehran today to protest the disputed presidential election, the country's top cleric has called for an inquiry into opposition claims the election was rigged. The incumbent President Mahmoud A

NPR 2009-06-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A senior State Department official says Cuba has agreed to open direct talks with the United States on a range of issues including immigration matters and cooperation on anti-drug trafficking efforts.

NPR 2009-6-18

President Obama today called for a new consumer protection agency as part of his sweeping effort to rewrite the financial rules of the road and avoid future economic meltdowns. NPR's John Ydstie reports. Speaking to an audience in the East Room of th

NPR 2009-01-18

President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Americans to rely on the same perseverance and idealism that the country's founders showed, as the nation faces the daunting challenges that lie ahead. We are here today not simply to pay tribute to those p

NPR 2009-01-22

Senate lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the nation's next Secretary of State. The Senate on a vote of 94:2 today, approving Clinton's confirmation despite some Republican questions by a possible conflict

NPR 2009-01-21

Led by a phalanx of motorcycles, President Barack Obama was greeted by a crowd of tens of thousands today as the presidential motorcade moved down Pennsylvania Avenue. Many waited outside in the cold for eight hours or more just to get a glimpse of

NPR 2009-01-20

President-elect Barack Obama is spending his inauguration eve observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is called a national day of community service. At a Washington D. C. high school, Mr. Obama pledged to provide service opportunities every day

NPR 2009-01-19

This land is your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island. The sound of tens of thousands of people singing along with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at a concert this afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial. The concert feat

NPR 2009-01-17

Crews are searching the Hudson River for the engines from the US Airways jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in the water yesterday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Kitty Higgins says they are also trying to lift the b

NPR 2009-01-01

Israel appears to be moving rapidly toward a possible ground offensive in Gaza following the rejection of calls for a 48-hour ceasefire. There are reports today columns of tanks and army vehicles massed along an access road. In the meantime, Israeli

NPR 2009-01-23

President Barack Obama surrounded by retired senior military leaders today began announcing some of his overhauling of US treatment of terrorist suspects. Mr. Obama signed an executive order that would call for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay dete

NPR 2009-01-02

Israel and Hamas continued their battle in Gaza today. Militants fired more rockets into Israel and Israeli fighter jets bombarded Hamas targets, including a Hamas leader who was killed along with a dozen others. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports. Nizar

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Steve Inskeep : This I Believe. Critics have called Martha Graham the undisputed star of our modern dance world. Surprisingly enough, this pioneer in the dance did not begin her training until she was sixteen. Born in Pittsburgh, the daughter of a p