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 2011-08-06

A partisan standoff over a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration has the agency in partial shutdown and tens of thousands furloughed. Today at the White House, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Congress to get back to Washingto

NPR 2011-08-10

Wall Street's reacting to news from the Federal Reserve today that interest rates would stay low to help economic growth pick up. At last check, we see the Dow up more than 400 points or 3.8% at 11,229; NASDAQ is up more than 5% or 125 points at 2,48

NPR 2011-08-09

A brutal day on Wall Street with US stocks plunging as Standard Poor's did another downgrade this time on mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The closing bell just a minute to go, the Dow closing down more than 600 points under the 11,000 mar

NPR 2011-08-08

A partisan standoff over a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration has the agency in partial shutdown and tens of thousands furloughed. Today at the White House, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Congress to get back to Washingto

NPR 2011-08-07

A partisan standoff over a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration has the agency in partial shutdown and tens of thousands furloughed. Today at the White House, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Congress to get back to Washingto

NPR 2011-08-05

A partisan standoff over a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration has the agency in partial shutdown and tens of thousands furloughed. Today at the White House, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Congress to get back to Washingto

NPR 2011-08-04

A partisan standoff over a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration has the agency in partial shutdown and tens of thousands furloughed. Today at the White House, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Congress to get back to Washingto

NPR 2011-08-03

US stocks are sharply lower before the close, all indexes dropping more than 2% in the wake of more disappointing economic news. The government finds that people scaled back their spending 0.2% in June while their incomes grew by the smallest amount

NPR 2011-08-02

The debt-ceiling agreement President Obama reached with congressional leaders over the weekend is coming under debate in the US House. Speaker John Boehner says he remains opposed to any tax hikes to help balance the federal budget. We've worked with

NPR 2011-08-23

Even though much of the Libyan capital appears to be under rebel control now, there are still pockets of resistance from people fighting to protect leader Muammar Gaddafi. Other areas are said to be relatively quiet. But people across the city are ap

NPR 2011-08-22

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is pledging to remain in Tripoli, although it is unknown if he's even in the capital city. Gaddafi is staunchly defending his regime in the face of a fast-moving advance by rebels, some of whom are already in Tripoli. It

NPR 2011-08-21

Thousands of Verizon Telecom workers are ending their strike and returning to work Tuesday. But Verizon chief spokesman Peter Thonis says both sides have yet to reach a labor deal. We've agreed on a process. We've, we've, we have agreed collectively

NPR 2011-08-19

Stocks extended their loss on Wall Street today. Blue chips down more than 500 points at one time. Preliminary closing numbers have the Dow down 421 points right now, with financials and tax stocks hit hard. The NASDAQ and the SP 500 both down more t

NPR 2011-08-18

President Obama says it will probably be at least a year before home prices start rising again and sales pick up. It will probably take this year and next year for us to see a slow appreciation again in the housing market. And he says the federal gov