NPR 2011-10-15

A federal appeals court is putting new restrictions on which parts of Alabama's strict new immigration law can't be enforced. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports on a mixed ruling today from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court is temporar

NPR 2011-10-14

President Obama says he's working with America's international allies to hold Iran accountable for allegedly plotting to assassinate a Saudi diplomat. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the president called the conspiracy part of a pattern of dangerous behavi

NPR 2011-10-13

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says an international response is necessary to punish Iran for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US. This plot, very fortunately disrupted by the excellent work of our law enforcement and intellige

NPR 2011-10-12

The Republican presidential hopefuls are gathered tonight in Hanover, New Hampshire. The eight Republican GOP candidates for the nomination embarking on a wide-ranging discussion on the economy, what might be done to fix it. Mitt Romney, the current

NPR 2011-10-11

Markets rally today on signs that European Union leaders are making progress in addressing the debt crisis. On Wall Street the Dow was up 304 points, the NASDAQ up 79. A European Union summits scheduled for next Monday has been delayed to give leader

NPR 2011-09-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The White House says President Obama will continue to press his case for a new jobs bill every day and challenge congressional Republicans if they fail to act on the measure. NPR's Scott Horsley report

NPR 2011-09-13

Stocks have opened mixed on Wall Street. The stock prices are down sharply on overseas markets amid new concern that Greece may be edging toward a default and that the European debt crisis might spread to that region's banks. NPR's Paul Brown joins u

NPR 2011-09-12

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when four hijacked planes crashed in three places in the US. The remembrances began in New York, where the first and then the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. President Obama was there this

NPR 2011-08-16

President Obama is on an economic bus tour through America's heartland , looking to build support at a time when voters were way down by high unemployment and reports pointing to more trouble ahead for the economy. NPR's Scott Horsley says the presid

NPR 2011-08-15

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann says her narrow win in the Iowa Straw Poll is the first step in a very long race. Bachmann made the rounds of the network news talk shows today, heralding her victory in the test vote. NPR's Tom Goldman reports. Represe

NPR 2011-08-14

From NPR News in Washington, Im Nora Raum. While in the final hour voting in Ames, Iowa in the Straw poll of what voters think of the Republican presidential candidates. This not bide in elections is viewed as early indicator of the candidates appear

NPR 2011-08-13

The US markets are reacting in part to more upbeat economic news this time in retail. The Commerce Department reports consumers spent more money in the last three months than previously thought. In July, retail sales rose 0.5%, and the government rev

NPR 2011-08-12

Optimism appears to be the order of the day in the US market with stocks higher in part on news that we may not be headed into a double-dip recession after all. At last check, the Dow was up 440 points, more than 4%, at 11,161, and the NASDAQ was up

NPR 2011-08-11

President Obama is meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in the aftermath of the central bank's decision to offer extremely low interest rates for two more years, though the announcement caused the market to rally yesterday. By the day, all that wen

NPR 2011-12-14

No changes to report following the conclusion of the Federal Reserves last meeting of the year. Steve Beckner of Market News International has more. The Fed is not injecting more stimulus at this time, nor is changing its communication about where in

NPR 2011-12-13

President Obama playing host to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House is applauding the end of the Iraq War. He says Iraq will not stand alone once US troops leave at the end of the year. He says we will never waver in the defense of

NPR 2011-12-15

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Afghanistan, visiting US troops for the holidays, says the US has reached a turning point in the-decade long war. For all the sacrifice that you are doing, the reality is that it is paying off and that we are moving

NPR 2011-12-16

President Obama is monitoring the eleventh-hour spending debate on Capitol Hill. Democrats and Republicans have yet to agree on a way to extend the payroll tax cut, which expires at year's end. Speaking in Washington this morning, the president threw

NPR 2011-12-02

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wrapping up a visit to the long-isolated South East Asian nation of Myanmar by meeting with its main opposition leader. NPR's Michele Kelemen is traveling with the secretary in the country also known as Burma. Cl

NPR 2011-12-03

The US economy adds 120,000 jobs and sends the unemployment rate down sharply at 8.6% in November. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports the Labor Departments data out today shows that while the unemployment rate fell, so did average weekly earnings. This emp