NPR 2010-02-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. President Obama's plan to create more jobs could cost around 100 billion dollars. That's according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs who appeared on CNN's State of the Union today. We wanna add infr

NPR 2010-02-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama says the new federal budget proposal he has sent Congress today would bring down the massive budget deficit steadily over the next decade. But Mr. Obama says the budget includes measures

NPR 2010-02-03

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. President Obama is in New Hampshire to push his economic agenda. Speaking in Nashua last hour, he unveiled his plan to create jobs. And we're gonna start where most new jobs start with small businesses.

NPR 2010-02-04

From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. Attorney General Eric Holder says he decided to charge the suspect in civilian court in the failed plot to bomb a jet on Christmas Day over Detroit. Holder's remarks about the case are on a letter sent t

NPR 2010-02-05

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Ten US missionaries in Haiti have been charged with child kidnapping and criminal association. A deputy prosecutor in Haiti announced today that the group is accused of trying to take children illegally

NPR 2010-02-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A popular sound in the nation's capital where snow blowers are hard at work as white stuff keeps falling. Forecasters say the winter storm blanketing the Mid-Atlantic States could be the biggest in mode

NPR 2010-02-08

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Police on the scene of today's deadly explosion in Middletown, Connecticut are asking surrounding communities for help. They are bracing for mass casualties that may include at least two deaths and as m

NPR 2010-02-09

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. Veteran Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania has died. Murtha, who was 77, has been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. NPRs Andrea Seabrook says Murtha represented his Pennsy

NPR 2010-02-10

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Obama met with Republican and Democratic lawmakers at the White House today. They discussed job creation programs, health care and cutting the deficit. I'm gonna continue to seek the best idea

NPR 2010-02-11

From NPR News in Washington, Im Giles Snyder Authorities are urging people to stay off the roads in parts of the mid-Atlantic region. Blowing snow is keeping visibility to a minimum. Pennsylvanias governor has shut down large parts of three major hig

NPR 2010-02-12

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A new report from the panel overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program warns that some 3,000 small and mid-sized banks may be forced to cut back their lending because of commercial real estate loans g

NPR 2010-02-13

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Parts of the Southern U.S. are getting their first snow in years, and the National Weather Service's Michael Eckert says the storm has a wide reach. When we get over into Georgia, towards Savannah, and

NPR 2010-02-06

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The US economy shed 20,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7%. One reason: more people have stopped looking for work, so theyre no longer figured into the Labor Departments unempl

NPR 2010-02-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured by a bomb at a busy restaurant in Western India. Anti-terrorism forces have been dispatched to the scene and major cities around the country have

NPR 2010-02-15

From NPR News in Washington, Im Barbara Klein. In southern Afghanistan, NATO troops are slowly clearing streets of home-made bombs and mines in the second day of a major offensive in the town of Marjah. U.S. marines are spearheading the effort to tak

NPR 2010-02-16

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. Democratic Senator Evan Bayh says he will not run for a third term in office. Bayh says he loves representing the people of Indiana, but he does not love Congress. For some time, Ive had a growing convic

NPR 2010-02-17

From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. President Obama announced federal loan guarantees to build the first nuclear power plant in the US in three decades. NPRs Kathy Lohr reports. The 8.3-billion-dollar loan guarantee will pay for the constr

NPR 2010-02-18

From NPR News in Washington, Im Barbara Klein. The supreme leader of Iran has accused Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of spreading lies about Iran on her trip to the Persian Gulf earlier this week. NPRs Mike Shuster has details. Iranian state tele

NPR 2010-02-19

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. More details are emerging about the man believed to be the pilot in today's plane crash in Austin, Texas. Federal authorities are identifying the pilot as Joseph Stack. Theyre investigating whether he in

NPR 2010-02-20

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obamas been campaigning on behalf of a Nevada Democrat who is in a tight race for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Today, Mr. Obama rallied support for Harry Reid. He credits the Senate Majority