NPR 2010-04-02

President Obama is on a quest to get skeptical Americans on board with new health care law. In Portland, Maine this afternoon, the president echoed key selling points of that law: greater accountability for insurers, coverage for millions more Americ

NPR 2010-04-03

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says jobs market is beginning to turn the corner, encouraged by the Labor Departments March report out today showing 162,000 jobs added to the economy. Thats biggest gain in three years.

NPR 2010-04-04

Several Afghan soldiers are dead as a result of friendly fire by German forces in Afghanistan. Brigadier-General Eric Tremblay says the troops were mistaken for insurgents. A German patrol became under contact, probably under a very complex attack by

NPR 2010-04-05

From NPR News in Washington, Im Rebecca Sheir. This year, Easter falls on the same day for the Eastern and Western churches. Thousands of Christian pilgrims celebrated the holiday in Jerusalem today. NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro was there. Im standing

NPR 2010-04-06

The White House is strongly condemning todays attack by extremists on the US Consulate in Pakistan. Suicide bombers and gunmen tried to breach the perimeter of the heavily fortified compound. Sound of explosions and weapons fire sent people scramblin

NPR 2010-04-07

The Obama administration has released its Nuclear Posture Review, the guideline for how nuclear weapons fit into the nations defense plans. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says its designed to make clear states like Iran and North Korea all options ar

NPR 2010-04-10

The longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court is retiring. Justice John Paul Stevens is ending 35 years of service on the bench, effective this summer when the court finishes its work. President Obama praised Stevens as an impartial guardian of th

NPR 2010-04-11

In Warsaw, bells toll for fallen leaders on one of the darkest days in Polands history. President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and dozens of civilian and defense chiefs were among 96 people killed today in a plane crash in Russia. Clusters of lit candle

NPR 2010-04-12

President Obama is holding meetings with world leaders on the eve of a nuclear security summit in Washington, D.C. One notable absence from this weeks conference is the prime minister of Israel. Benjamin Netanyahus recent decision to keep expanding s

NPR 2010-04-13

President Obama is set to give an official welcome to open an nuclear summit in Washington. The focus of the gathering: to get participating nations to secure enriched uranium and plutonium stockpiles, to keep the potential bomb-making material out o

NPR 2010-04-14

President Obama is urging world leaders whore meeting in Washington today to act and not just talk about safeguarding nuclear materials. NPRs Scott Horsley has more. President Obama called nuclear terrorism one of the greatest threats to global secur

NPR 2010-04-15

President Obama has met with the bipartisan leadership of Congress at the White House. They discussed financial re-regulation legislation. As NPRs Mara Liasson reports, the parties sound as though they are moving farther apart, not closer together on

NPR 2010-04-16

President Obama is pledging 100% commitment to the future of NASA including a manned mission to Mars and back by the mid-2030s, but the president says itll mean a significant departure from the old way of doing business. At the Kennedy Space Center i

NPR 2010-04-09

Rescuers plan to resume their search for West Virginian miners in a couple of hours. The families are hoping that this time the team will actually make it far enough to check special chambers where four miners may have taken refuge since Mondays expl

NPR 2010-04-18

Europe is in the throes of unprecedented flight disruptions for a third day because of a growing ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland this week. At least 17 countries have shut down their airspace. Frank Browning reports travelers are scramb

NPR 2010-04-01

From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. Making good on his promise to pursue a comprehensive energy strategy, President Obama has announced plans to expand offshore oil drilling off the East Coast. NPRs Scott Horsley reports. President Obama s

NPR 2010-04-17

Air travel in Europe is described as the worst since 9/11. More airports across the continent are shutting down because the huge cloud of ash from Icelands volcanic eruption is spreading. NPRs Eric Westervelt says Germany is among the latest to expan

NPR 2010-04-19

Poland mourns the death of a president. Lech Kaczynski and his wife were laid to rest today more than a week after they were killed in a plane crash in Russia. They were among 95 people who died. Many of the others were also members of Polands politi

NPR 2010-04-20

Transportation authorities in Europe are opening up more airspace to commercial airline flights despite some ongoing concern about the cloud of volcanic ash that has been lingering over the continent for days. The flights will be restricted to so-cal

NPR 2010-04-21

The British government will reopen the countrys airports tomorrow. They have been closed because of the huge cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland has drifted over much of Europe, disrupting tens of thousands of flights. Scientists say the eruption of t