Steve Inskeep : China is taking steps that are designed to benefit both the domestic and global economies. A Chinese official said today the country's currency will gradually gain value. That trend will spur domestic consumption inside China itself
Major League baseball players are now deep into spring training.But it is the excitement disabled youngsters bring to the Miracle League that intrigues commentator Frank Deford. The warmest moment I've ever enjoyed in sports came a couple of years ag
President Obama says the US is still on track to pull all troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011. His comments came following an Oval Office meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today. NPR's Don Gonyea reports. The message from both Mr.
President Obama remains on the offensive today in terms of defending his health care overhaul plan, saying that critics of the package are working what he called a familiar Washington Script that favors politics over policy. President accused oppone
President Obama again called for action on his proposed health care overhaul plan, saying the government can revamp the current health care system in a way that does not add to the deficit over the next ten years. The president paid a visit to a Was
White House budget director Peter Orszag is defending President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's healthcare system and Mr. Obama's August target for passage of legislation by Congress. Some lawmakers from both parties are saying the bills are c
President Obama is trying to build public support for his plan to overhaul the nations health care system to help counter the concerns being expressed by some lawmakers including a number of Democrats about how to pay for the proposal. Mr Obama says
President Obama speaking at the White House today said healthcare legislation will clear Congress this year and the President said in light of new concerns about the cost of a healthcare overhaul, some decisions about cost cutting should be turned o
Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor has completed her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Now legal experts, civil rights advocates and complainers from one of her former cases are before the panel. NPR's Audie Cornish reports
President Obama has arrived in Ghana on his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa since taking office. Obama, whose father was Kenyan, is expected to receive a warm welcome as he visits Africa on the heels of his recent attendance at the G8 Summit in It
The top US military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says that unless more troops are sent to the country, the war there will fail. McChrystal's assessment is detailed in a classified report obtained by the Washington Post. The
President Obama says his effort to overhaul the nation's health care system is not a radical plan and can be accomplished without breaking his campaign promise not to raise the tax burden on the middle class. He also said it can be accomplished with
President Obama promised to work with other G20 leaders next week to end loopholes in regulations that led to last years global financial meltdown. We know we still have a lot to do in conjunction with the nations around the world to strengthen the
As she prepares to head to the annual UN General Assembly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is warning Iran that she will push for more sanctions soon if the country continues to defy the international community on the nuclear issue. NPR's Michele
The Obama Administration announced today a major change in its missile defense plans for Europe and cancelled the deployment of a controversial system in two countries there. NPRs JJ Sutherland reports. In 2006, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pro
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said today he thinks the US economy has begun growing again though the Fed Chairman also said the overall economy is likely to still feel weak for some time. Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washin
President Obama told union members in Ohio today it's time to stop debating an overhaul of the nation's health care system and to get something done. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. At Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati, Mr. Obama said the long-running nat
A wildfire that continues to burn out of control northeast of Los Angeles has now destroyed at least 21 homes while continuing to threaten as many as 1,200 others and a historic observatory at top Mount Wilson. The fire now encompasses 134 square mi
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today unveiled a ten-year 856-billion-dollar healthcare overhaul bill though the Congressional Budget Office had a lower number. In the news conference on Capitol Hill today, the Montana Senator said with
President Obama is praising a new Treasury Department plan to rein in executive compensation by 50%. The seven largest companies had received billions in taxpayer bailouts. Speaking at the White House, the president said that many Americans were not