NPR 2009-03-28

President Obama announced a comprehensive strategy today for Afghanistan and Pakistan. During an address at the White House, the president said he will increase the number of US troops and civilians as well as funding. NPR's Jackie Northam has more.

NPR 2009-03-30

NPR News has learned that the Obama Administration asked the Chairman and CEO of General Motors Rick Wagoner to step down and he has agreed to do so. The move comes as the president says GM and Chrysler need to rethink the reorganization plans they

NPR 2009-03-29

The levees and protective sandbag barriers in Fargo, North Dakota have so far worked in holding back the waters of the Red River, which is some 20 feet above flood stage. The National Weather Service says the river seems to have crested at 41 feet,

NPR 2009-01-31

With the nation's economy suffering its sharpest slowdown in more than a quarter century, President Barack Obama is hoping to connect with middle-class voters. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama says the recession is deepening. He pointed

NPR 2009-02-28

President Barack Obama made it official today in a speech to Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He said US combat troops will be out of Iraq by August of next year. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Camp Lejeune. The president's announcement mea

NPR 2009-02-21

To say stock market investors are pessimistic as the week winds down would be something of an understatement. All three of the major stock market indexes ended the session lower today. The fresh bear market lows followed remarks from Senate Banking

NPR 2009-02-22

The proposed budget that President Obama will deliver to Congress this coming week will reportedly seek to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years. Mr. Obama says it's a goal that is crucial to the nation's financial future. It will

NPR 2009-02-23

The nation's Republican governors are expressing sharply different views about whether to accept federal funding from the administration's stimulus plan and about how best to respond to the nations economic crisis. The National Governors Association

NPR 2009-4-26

The World Health Organization is closely monitoring the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico and the US, saying they have pandemic potential. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are now 11 confirmed cases of swine flu in the US: seven

NPR 2009-02-24

Meeting with his economic advisors and others at the White House today, President Barack Obama said even with the economic challenges facing the nation, he plans to cut the nations budget deficit by half by the end of his first term in office. Presi

NPR 2009-05-25

From NPR News in Washington, I am Craig Windham. The second ranking Democrat in the Senate Dick Durbin of Illinois says President Obama is likely to announce this week his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter. Durbin says M

NPR 2009-04-25

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The Mexican government is battling a new strain of flu virus which has killed nearly 60 people, sickened hundreds of others and threatens millions in the world's largest and most densely populated capital

NPR 2009-5-28

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. General Motors has taken another step toward bankruptcy, Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET has more. The automaker's bondholders have rejected a plan to exchange 27 billion dollars of debt for GM stock

NPR 2009-4-30

The World Health Organization today raised its pandemic flu alert level to five, its second highest threat level. As it says the number of confirmed swine flu cases in the US has now risen to 94 with health officials also reporting the first death i

NPR 2009-04-29

More public places are being shut down in Mexico as authorities attempt to stem the spread of swine flu. Officials say as many as 152 people have died, 20 cases have been confirmed to be from the virus. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City. Of

NPR 2009-4-28

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level to four because of the outbreak of the new swine flu virus which has been confirmed in Mexico, the US, Canada, Spain and Scotland. Keij

NPR 2009-04-27

The acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Richard Besser, says there have been 20 confirmed cases of swine flu so far in the US. All 20 people have recovered and only 1 required hospitalization. It looks to be the same v

NPR 2009-02-25

President Barack Obama is expected to discuss details of his administration's economic recovery package in an address before a joint session of Congress tonight. Presidential Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Mr. Obama will be honest about where we

NPR 2009-03-24

President Barack Obama and his Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner officially unveiled the administrations latest revamping of its financial rescue package today. Speaking to build as a three-prompt effort to draw private investors into a partnershi

NPR 2009-01-28

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Afghanistan has emerged as the greatest military challenge. And more American troops could be headed there as earlier as this spring. NPR's Tom Bowman has more. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee there