NPR 2011-02-01

Opposition against Egypt's long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak appears to be growing. Tens of thousands of people are staging a seventh day of demonstrations across the country. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro is in Cairo where she says a large cross-se

NPR 2011-02-02

Under nightfall, demonstrations show no signs of abating in Egypt. In the largest demonstration yet since the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak started over a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people have flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square. They w

NPR 2011-02-03

The Egyptian military is appealing for calm in the streets of Cairo, where pro- and anti-government protesters have been clashing in Tahrir Square. A spokesman said on state television that the military got the message and now it's time for normal li

NPR 2011-02-04

Lawlessness is spreading in central Cairo where protesters for and against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have been engaged in running street battles, allowing businesses to be looted and buildings torched, all this with apparently little intervent

NPR 2011-02-05

Cairo's Tahrir Square pulsates with the chants of tens of thousands, as NPR's Corey Flintoff reports, all hoping this is the day President Hosni Mubarak resigns. The mood in the square was determined and almost jubilant with many protesters convinced

NPR 2011-01-09

The status of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is uncertain following a shooting in Tucson. In one report, a hospital spokesperson says the congresswoman is undergoing surgery, but there are conflicting reports regarding her condition. She

NPR 2011-07-16

A short-term approach to the nation's pressing debt limit deadline falls well short of what Washington should be doing. Says President Obama: This notion that we're going to go through a multiyear process instead of seizing the moment now and taking

NPR 2011-07-15

The FBI will investigate allegations that Rupert Murdock's News Corp. hacked into the private phone accounts of 9/11 terrorism victims. A law enforcement source tells NPR the inquiry is at an early stage, and investigators are not making any predicti

NPR 2011-07-14

A fourth round of debt talks resume[s] this hour at the White House, with the administration saying it's confident, one way or another, lawmakers will vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2nd deadline. But as NPR's Scott Horsley r

NPR 2011-07-13

Debt talks are under way at the White House for a third straight day with both sides still far apart on reducing deficits and raising the debt limit. But as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the Treasury secretary says he's confident there will be a deal

NPR 2011-07-12

President Obama is ratcheting up pressure on Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal on deficit reduction no matter how painful. I'm prepared to take on significant heat from my party to get something done. And I expect the other side should be wil

NPR 2011-06-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Fierce firefighting efforts are under way in eastern Arizona, where the Wallow Fire is now nearly 470,000 acres, making it the largest in state history. While many people have returned to their homes, A

NPR 2011-06-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The first primary state in the country hosts a much-anticipated presidential debate tonight. NPR's Ari Shapiro has this look at the Republicans and the issues that will be on stage in Manchester, New Ha

NPR 2011-06-13

Calls for the resignation of Congressman Anthony Weiner keep coming from both sides of the aisle. The New York lawmaker has decided instead of stepping down, he'll undergo treatment following his Twitter scandal. Fellow Democratic Congressman Steny H

NPR 2011-06-12

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says al-Qaeda in Africa has been dealt a serious blow with the death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the man accused of being the mastermind of the deadly 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The att

NPR 2011-06-11

The Dow is hovering just beneath the 12,000 mark, with US stocks turning sharply lower earlier today. NPR's Jim Zarroli says there are a number of factors rattling investors. There's been a lot of pessimism in the markets. We had a series of disappoi

NPR 2011-05-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jim Howard. At least 13 people are dead in anti-Israeli protests along the Lebanese and Syrian borders and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The violence comes on a day called Nakba, the annual observa

NPR 2011-05-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jim Howard. After days of warnings, the Army Corps of Engineers at this hour is opening the spillway in Morganza, Louisiana. It hopes to move or lower the level of the Mississippi River and save Baton Rouge and New Or

NPR 2011-05-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. More neighborhoods are taking on water in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Governor Haley Barbour is sounding this warning. You need to go on and get out now while you can. With the Mississippi River still

NPR 2011-05-13

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama wants two more years out of FBI Director Robert Mueller, whose 10-year term expires this September 4. He plans to ask Congress to let Mueller stay on the job longer because of what he de