NPR 2012-12-13

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein The Pentagon confirms reports that Syrian government has been firing Scud missiles at insurgent areas in recent days. It has an escalation in the conflict as rebels try to overthrow the regime of Syrian

NPR 2012-12-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. It may be a day closer to the fiscal cliff, but lawmakers don't appear to be making any steps away from it. They continue to stand their ground. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says raising the age f

NPR 2012-12-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A shooting spree at a Connecticut elementary school has left an unknown number of people dead. School district officials at Sandy Hook Elementary School say the shooting occurred this morning. Law en

NPR 2012-12-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.Police in Newtown Connecticut are still investigating the crime scenes where 27 people died yesterday. NPR's Quil Lawrence reports the names of the victims have not yet been released. Police Lieutenant P

NPR 2012-01-11

Voting is underway across New Hampshire for the first-in-the-nation primary. The Republican candidates have spent recent days heavily wooing undecided voters. In Manchester, NPR's Lakshmi Singh encounters some staunch Republicans who say they've been

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-12

President Obama honored veterans today at Arlington National Cemetery. After laying a wreath at the tomb of unknowns, the President said America will never forget the sacrifices made by veterans and their families. The President also noted a special

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-10

President Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House next week to discuss possible solutions to the so-called fiscal cliff. As NPR's Brian Naylor tells us, the President made his first public appearance since winning reelection on Tue

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-09

The gunman in the 2011 Tucson mass shooting is getting life in prison without parole for killing six people and wounding 13. That punishment was expected today at Jared Loughners sentencing where some survivors and victims families confronted him for

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-08

President Obama heads back to Washington D.C. later this hour to embark on a new effort with a lame-duck session of Congress to avoid the fiscal cliff, spending cuts and tax breaks due to expire at the end of the year. The White House says the Presid

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-07

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is rallying every vote he can before the polls closed tonight in Massachusetts, where he will return this evening and watch the returns. Between now and then, he and his family are making final appeals in

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-06

The Presidential campaigns are blitzing states most influential in the outcome of tomorrow's election, including Virginia. In 2008, President Obama became the first Democrat since 1992 to carry the commonwealth. This election, Virginia, with 13 elect

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-01

From NPR news in Washington. I am Lakshmi Singh. The mass transit system in the nations largest city is slowly coming back to life after super storm Sandy overwhelming New York city's infrastructure. Governor Antral Quomo says parts of the subway sys

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-02

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The Defense Department is flying in support from California to the East Coast to help restore power to the nearly five million who are still without electricity since hurricane Sandy. Here is Pentagon sp

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-03

The nation's coming of a better than expected month for hiring. The Labor Department says the economy added 171,000 jobs in October, but the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9%. As more people resumed their jobs search and were therefore included in t

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-04

President Obama met with some of his top aides and governors and mayors from areas affected by Superstorm Sandy. He got an update at FEMA headquarters today. The federal government is giving storm victims new aid. It will help people who lost their h

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-05

Recovery work continues in the northeast from Superstorm Sandy. There are more than 2 million people who still don't have power, nearly a week after the storm passed through the region. In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo says the gas shortage that ha

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-11

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum Florida Department state says President Obama has won the state of Florida.NPR reports that make final electoral vote ally 332 to Mitt Romney 206.The president has already clinched the reelection. But this g

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-09-06

President Obama has just arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, a day before he delivers his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. But tonight, all eyes will be on the president's former political adversary, a now staunch supporter,

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-09-03

This is week is the democrats turn. They hold a national convention in Charlotte North Carolina beginning Tuesday. What do?? they hope to accomplish? Maryland governor Martin OMalley is head of the democratic governors association. He told CNN they i

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-09-04

On the eve of the Democratic national convention, the Obama campaign has tried to make the case that the country's economy is better off today than it was nearly four years ago. In his speech to the United auto Workers Union in Toledo, Ohio earlier t