NPR 2009-09-02

President Obama today pointed to growth in the manufacturing sector as evidence the nation's economy is on the right track. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. The nation's manufacturing sector grew last month for the first time in more than a year and a

NPR 2009-09-03

President Barack Obama has now scheduled what is being billed as a major address to Congress on health care for September 9th. The speech will come just one day after lawmakers return to the Capitol from their August recess. The move comes at a time

NPR 2009-09-04

Defense Secretary Robert Gates meeting with reporters at the Pentagon today said he realizes there is growing impatience with the war in Afghanistan. But he took exception to the idea the war, in his words, is slipping through the administration's f

NPR 2009-09-05

A NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan has killed or wounded at least 90 people, most of them believed to be Taliban fighters. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Kabul. NATO says its aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that Taliban fighters

NPR 2009-09-06

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal is acknowledging that some civilians were at least injured in an airstrike yesterday against two hijacked fuel tanker trucks. From what I have seen today in going to the hosp

NPR 2009-09-07

The White House says the resignation of President Obama's special adviser on green jobs, Van Jones, came because Jones had decided the agenda of the president is bigger than any one individual. Jones stepped down from his position with the White Hou

NPR 2009-09-09

The Federal Reserve says that consumers sharply cut back on their borrowing in July. That decline suggests the economic rebound will not come as quickly as many economists have predicted. Food manufacturers now have to tell the Food and Drug Adminis

NPR 2009-09-10

A hijacked AeroMexico plane carrying 112 people including crew landed in Mexico City today and up to eight people have been arrested. Americans, Mexicans and French were reported among the people on the flight from Cancun. TV images reportedly showe

NPR 2009-09-11

A widening trade deficit indicating increased consumer demand along with falling unemployment claims are showing that the economy may be picking up steam. NPRs Audie Cornish reports. First, the US trade deficit saw some increases in import, partly b

NPR 2009-09-12

On this eighth anniversary of the terror attacks that prompted the US invasion of Afghanistan, a leading Senate Democrat has demanded that far more Afghanistan security forces be trained. Until that happens, Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin says n

NPR 2009-09-13

Tens of thousands of protesters crowded the grounds of the US Capitol and parts of the National Mall to voice their discontent with the Federal government and the Obama administration's policies. One of the organizers of the march Jenny Beth Martin

NPR 2009-09-14

President Obama says he's willing to consider compromise variations to his plan for overhauling the nations health care system but only if hes convinced they will work. I have no interest in having a bill get passed that fails, that doesnt work. You

NPR 2009-09-15

A year after the start of the financial crisis, President Obama urged Wall Street to embrace reform to prevent another one from happening again. NPR's Frank Langfitt has the story. Last fall the financial system was on the brink of ruin. Today, the

NPR 2009-09-22

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

NPR 2009-09-21

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

NPR 2009-09-20

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

NPR 2009-09-19

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

NPR 2009-09-18

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

NPR 2009-09-16

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

NPR 2009-09-08

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