NPR 2012-06-15

The main presidential rivals are tapping into public weariness over the economys slow recovery to make the case to voters to think twice about voting for the other guy. President Obama and Republican former Governor Mitt Romney lobbed a new round of

NPR 2012-06-14

Syrian state television is reporting the troops have retaken control of rebellious mountain village in Al-Hafa after more than a week of heavy shelling there. Rebels had withdrawn from Al-Hafa overnight after intense fighting and in nearby villages.

NPR 2012-06-13

The State Departments worried Russia may be supplying Syria with helicopters the military could be using in its offensive against the Syrian opposition. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washing

NPR 2012-06-12

Caution appears to be returning to global markets after the initially rallied over news that Spains banks would get an EU bailout. Lauren Frayer reports from Madrid Spanish markets have closed flat, and the country's borrowing costs have shot back up

NPR 2012-06-11

Spain's prime minister is hailing his country's bailout as a victory for the euro, but also acknowledges that Spain's 25% unemployment rate is likely to rise before it goes down. Lauren Frayer reports from Madrid on the Spanish leader's first comment

NPR 2012-06-22

US stocks spiraling down on a wave of more disappointing economic reports out today. At last glance, the Dow was off 207 points at 12,617, down more than 1.5%, NASDAQ off now nearly 2% at 2,872, and the SP 500 down 1.8%; it is at 1,331. Manufacturing

NPR 2012-06-21

US stocks are turning lower. Investors, moreover, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's more cautious assessment today of the US's economy growth. Unemployment is still too high, but it has come down. It was about 10% at the peak, and it's now clos

NPR 2012-06-20

J.P. Morgan Chase maintains the bank was upfront with investors about its two billion dollar plus trading loss, though its under investigation by federal regulators. For the second time in less than a week, CEO Jamie Dimon has testified before a cong

NPR 2012-06-19

President Obama says the latest parliamentary vote in Greece offers a positive prospect for restoring financial confidence in euro. NPRs Scott Horsley reports Europe is the main focus of an economic summit meeting that Mr. Obamas attending in Mexico.

NPR 2012-06-18

The first exit polls in closely watched elections in Greece show the conservative and the radical leftist parties are very close. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Athens. Six major polling companies issued their first exit polls showing the conserv

NPR 2012-06-17

The Mitt Romney bus tour is in Pennsylvania today. The Republican presidential candidate is visiting smaller cities and towns in six states. Here hes in Weatherly at the Weatherly Casting and Machine Company, about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

NPR 2012-06-16

President Obama is halting the deportation of as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants under the age of 30. Let's be clear. This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It's not a permanent fix. This is a temporary

NPR 2012-06-01

Jurors in the campaign finance trial of former senator John Edwards have reached a partial verdict issuing a unanimous guilt vote on the third count of illegal campaign contributions. The judge has ordered the juror back to deliberations on the other

NPR 2012-06-02

It's another sell-off on Wall Street today, the Dow currently down by 267 points, the reason, a dismal jobs report from May. NPR's John Ydstie reports payroll growth has snapped off and the jobless rate has ticked upward. According to the government'

NPR 2012-06-03

A judge in Cairo today ordered that Hosni Mubarak spent the rest of his life in prison. For his part in the deaths of hundreds of protestors, during the uprising that drove him from power last year. The former president sat stoneface and frowning as

NPR 2012-06-04

Officials in Nigeria say a passenger plane crashed today in a densely populated area in the countrys largest city, Lagos. Witnesses say the plane struck a building and then burst into flames. Officials have not information on casualties. BBCs Will Ro

NPR 2012-06-05

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett are campaigning hard on this last day before the state's historic recall election. As Wisconsin Public Radio's Shawn Johnson reports Walker says he is cautiously optimistic. Walker

NPR 2012-06-06

US officials say another top al-Qaeda leader has been killed in Pakistan by a drone strike. The man known as Abu Yahya Al-Libi was considered the No.2 al-Qaeda leader and a former top associate to Usama bin Laden. NPRs Tom Gjelten says the killing, i

NPR 2012-06-07

Democratic leaders are playing down Republican Governor Scott Walker's ability to survive yesterday's recall elections in Wisconsin. The Tea Party supported conservative defeated Democrat Tom Barrett by a larger margin than win the main faced-off in

NPR 2012-06-08

The Syrian government is under diplomatic fire for reportedly mass killing in a small Hama province village. At the United Nations today, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon issued what may have been his most scaving comments yet about the Syrias apparent