NPR 2009-10-08

According to congressional budget experts, the price tag of the Senate Finance Committee's proposed health care overhaul plan will be 829 billion dollars over the next ten years. The Congressional Budget Office also said today it projects the latest

NPR 2009-07-15

In her first day of questioning, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor explained controversial statement she has made about the role of race and ethnicity playing in judging. She rejected accusation she allows her background to influence her decisio

NPR 2009-07-16

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor held her ground through another day of intense questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. President Obama's pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter refused to be drawn out on the abort

NPR 2009-08-01

The government reports the nation's Gross Domestic Product fell one percent in the first quarter, a far slower contraction than the previous quarter when GDP shrank 6.4%. President Obama called it progress resulting from his administration's actions

NPR 2009-08-02

Iran's state-run television station says three American tourists have been arrested after entering the country from northern Iraq without permission. The State Department is looking into the reports, as NPR's Allison Keyes reports. The three were re

NPR 2009-08-03

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says in order for the nation to have a sustained economic recovery, the administration will have to reduce the massive federal budget deficit. NPR's Audie Cornish has the story. The federal deficit is now more tha

NPR 2009-08-04

Several reports out today reinforce earlier indications that the economy is stabilizing. Construction spending in June beat expectations by climbing 0.3% over May. Manufacturing activity rose in July to the highest level in nearly a year. And US aut

NPR 2009-08-05

North Korea's official media agency says the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il, pardoned two jailed American reporters and ordered their release during a visit today with former President Bill Clinton. Former National Security Council member Dannis Wild

NPR 2009-08-06

Former Democratic Congressman Bill Jefferson was convicted today on 11 felony counts, including charges of taking bribes. NPR's Peter Overby has details. A jury at Federal District Court in Alexandria, Virginia returned a verdict after nearly four d

NPR 2009-08-07

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. Minnesota Senator Al Franken read the tallies at the end of the confirmation vote. On this vote, the yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. Th

NPR 2009-08-08

The nation's job market shrank by 247,000 positions last month according to the Labor Department. That amounts to a 0.1% decline from June to July, the smallest in a year and another sign the recession might be easing. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports.

NPR 2009-08-09

Searchers are looking for the bodies of nine people who were aboard a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that collided in midair over New York's Hudson River today. From member station WNYC, Marc Garber reports. Rescue helicopters are hovering

NPR 2009-08-11

The leaders of Mexico, Canada and the United States have wrapped up a brief summit meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico. President Obama also held a one-on-one meeting with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon where the two discussed the unprecedented wave

NPR 2009-07-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Today Judge Sonia Sotomayor described her judicial philosophy as fidelity to the law. Her opening statement capped the first day of her confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports

NPR 2009-10-10

President Obama says he's humbled at being selected the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. He said he doesn't believe he deserves the award, but will accept it as a call to action for all nations. The Nobel Committee cited Mr. Obama for what i

NPR 2009-10-11

Pakistan's military is struggling to defuse a hostage standoff at the country's army headquarters which was attacked today by insurgents wearing military fatigues. At least six military personnel were killed, and gunmen are now holding up to 15 peop

NPR 2009-10-12

The top UN official in Afghanistan Kai Eide is acknowledging that there was, what he called, widespread fraud in the country's recent presidential election. But Eide would not be more specific about how much fraud occurred. Any specific figure at th

NPR 2009-10-13

There are fresh signs the Senate could move forward with climate legislation in the next month or two. That would help the Obama administration negotiate an international climate deal in December. NPRs Richard Harris reports. Democrat Barbara Boxer

NPR 2009-10-14

President Obama's effort to restructure the nation's health care system got a major boost today. The Senate Finance Committee voted to send its overhaul measure to the full Senate. One Republican, Maines Olympia Snowe, was among 14 committee members

NPR 2009-10-15

Better-than-expected earnings reports from a couple of key sector companies help to send the most closely-watched stock market index above 10, 000 for the first time in more than a year. The upbeat assessment's pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Avera