NPR 2011-05-23

President Obama says the flap over his proposal to use Israel's pre-1967 border[s] in any future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has gotten out of hand. Speaking to members of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC today in Washington, the president said he

NPR 2011-05-22

The swollen Mississippi River is giving residents of at least one Louisiana town something ever reprieved. Evacuations that were supposed to become mandatory in Butte La Rose today had been put on hold. Most have already left, but officials there now

NPR 2011-03-19

The US will not go it alone in Libya, but President Obama says it will join the international community in enforcing a UN resolution aimed at stopping the Libyan regime's attacks on demonstrators. It authorizes the use of force with an explicit commi

NPR 2011-03-22

Coalition jets are enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya with more air strikes. Gen. Carter Ham, the US military commander in Africa, says a dozen cruise missiles were fired on Libyan defense sites. This after a weekend of relentless air strikes. Gen.

NPR 2011-03-21

The chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff says a no-fly zone is now in place over the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi. But as NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports, he admits the US and its allies could be in for a long haul. Although President Obama has

NPR 2011-03-20

NPR News has confirmed that the US has fired a cruise missile targeting Libyan air defenses. The first shot in the UN authorized force against Libya came earlier today, when a French jet attacked a Libyan military vehicle. Representatives from the US

NPR 2011-03-18

President Obama says the US military is working around the clock to help Japan in quake relief efforts and in an attempt to soothe radiation concerns here at home. We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's

NPR 2011-03-17

There are many expressions of concern today about the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. One of them came from Japan's emperor. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from northern Japan the country's monarch seldom speaks in public. Nobody knows how many peo

NPR 2011-03-23

The sound of heavy anti-aircraft fire booms in the Libyan capital Tripoli, where forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are defiantly responding to US-allied air strikes. NPR's David Greene is in Tripoli, where he says Gaddafi backers are out despite

NPR 2011-01-23

Two days of negotiations with Iran are over without any sort of agreement on nuclear issues. Officials from six world powers tried to persuade Tehran to reconsider its refusal to stop enriching uranium. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Cath

NPR 2011-01-22

Less than a week before President Obama delivers his State of the Union address, he is showcasing a new business boosting plan featuring one of Wall Street's biggest stars today, General Electric. Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio reports t

NPR 2011-01-21

The number of people putting in for unemployment for the first time is still hovering near two-year lows, first reported over the winter holidays, raising hopes of job growth this year. Last week, the Labor Department found applications dropped by 37

NPR 2011-01-19

The House is due to begin debate this hour on a bill to repeal the nation's health care law. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Meanwhile, North Dakota's Democratic Senator Kent Conrad announced today he won't seek re-election next year, a move that c

NPR 2011-01-18

Tunisia is under the rule of a temporary government established by the interim prime minister today in a bid to end a month of unrest that led to the president's downfall last Friday. Eleanor Beardsley reports that Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi

NPR 2011-01-17

The prime minister of Tunisia says a new government will be announced tomorrow. The president had left the country suddenly Friday night after weeks of anti-government protests. Sporadic violence has been reported since then with gun battles today ou

NPR 2011-01-01

A storm system is generating a series of apparent tornadoes, the latest reported in the Midwestern and Southern US. In the tiny Missouri town of Sunset Hills just outside St. Louis, Mayor William Nolan describes being stunned by the damage. It's incr

NPR 2011-01-20

Presidents Obama and Hu Jintao of China are trying to narrow the diplomatic gulf between their nations with promises to just keep talking. One of the most divisive issues is US concern over China's undervalued currency. President Obama's urging China

NPR 2011-02-20

Thousands of protesters are celebrating in the circle that's at the heart of the demonstrations in the capital of Bahrain. It comes a day after a harsh military crackdown. Protesters today began streaming toward the circle again after the royal famil

NPR 2011-02-19

Emotionally charged protests are under way at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin over a bill critics call a union-busting measure. Democrats in the state Senate fled the state yesterday, forcing Republicans to delay action on the controversial m

NPR 2011-02-18

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. In Wisconsin a movement to strip away collective bargaining rights of public workers has hit a new snag. There are no democratic senators to be found in the state capital. The republicans who hold a 19: