NPR 2011-07-04

Thailand will soon have its first woman prime minister. Yingluck Shinawatra addressed her supporters after her party won in a landslide. Her brother Thaksin was prime minister until he was deposed in a military coup in 2006. The Swiss government conf

NPR 2011-07-03

President Obama today again urged Congress to consider eliminating some tax breaks as part of an effort to reduce federal debt. Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling, but they say they won't consid

NPR 2011-07-02

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has been freed from house arrest and is no longer on bail. NPR's Margot Adler reports that prosecutors now say there are holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who accus

NPR 2011-07-25

Police are pouring over a 1,500-page manifesto by the man suspected in the terrorist attacks on Norway's government headquarters and at an island retreat for youths. He writes of his deepening mistrust for Muslims and the left-wing politicians he bla

NPR 2011-07-27

The White House warns House Speaker John Boehner's latest budget plan will be vetoed if it reaches President Obama's desk. It's opposed to a measure requiring that a second debt-limit vote be held before the 2012 elections. Now some conservatives, me

NPR 2011-07-26

The Senate will take up a Democratic plan denied to raise the debt limit high enough to get passed next year's election. NPR's David Welna reports House Republicans are proposing a rival plan that would require an increase to the debt ceiling early n

NPR 2011-07-28

Facing a rebellion from fellow House Republicans over his debt ceiling plan, Speaker of the House John Boehner took a hard line today, trying to drum up more support. NPR's David Welna reports Boehner postponed a House vote on his plan until tomorrow

NPR 2011-07-24

Police are releasing some details about the man accused of perpetrating both a bomb attack and a shooting rampage in Norway that killed at least 92 people. Terri Schultz reports Norwegian police say the suspect is cooperating with the investigation,

NPR 2011-07-30

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says the looming debt crisis is a burden to Congress could easily lift if it just chooses to do so. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the President, the Senate to make a statement of the White Hou

NPR 2011-07-29

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jin Hour. The House of representatives is now debate House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit, but to voted expective leader today. Boehner's plan would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for deep cuts in

NPR 2011-07-31

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. It's a long hot weekend in Washington where both the House and the Senate are in session, and the debt ceiling deadline looms. NPR's Louise Schiavone has the lastest. Repubilcans donimated House has slapped