The White House says President Obama will nominate Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen to succeed current Chair Ben Bernanke when he steps down in January. The president's expected to formally announce the nomination at the White House tomorrow.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are acknowledging problems with the online health insurance markets set by the affordble care act to start this month.House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said today while the rocky launch shouldn't be surprising,the problems
The nation's largest bank, JP Morgan Chase has tentatively agreed to pay a record 13 billion dollars to settle allegations surrounding the quality of its mortgage back securities in the runup to the nation's financial crisis. The agreement in princip
The Obama administration has launched what it calls a text search to fix problems plaguing the government on-line health insurance markets. NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the president insists that despite these problems, the health coverage offered th
The FBI announced the gunman in shooting of washington Nave arm acted lone .Authorities have longer seek any other suspects.NPR Pr says investigators say Arer laxis had shut with them when they entered the facility.FBI officials Va would not say how
The FBI now says the gunman in the shootings at Washington Navy Yard acted alone. Authorities are no longer seeking any other suspects. NPR's Craig Windham reports investigators say Aaron Alexis had a shotgun with him when he entered the facility. FB
In Washington D.C. police officials say they still can't rule out a possible second suspect in today's shooting at a Navy complex. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports 13 people were killed including the gunman, a former reservist, who was apparently workin
To mark the anniversary of the financial collapse, the White House has released a new economic report. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports it charts the impact of the government's interventions to save the economy. The support looks a wide range of measurem
President Obama is welcoming today's US-Russian agreement to secure destroying Syria's chemical weapons. The press extressed the US is still prepared to take military action if diplomacy fails. Former UN weapons inspector Charles Duelfer spoke and su
Heavy rains that caused severe flooding in parts of Colorado have subsided somewhat, giving officials time to begin to assess the damage and rescue stranded residents. As Nathan Heffel of member station KUNC reports, a new flash flood warning has bee
The White House has submitted a formal request to Congress for an authorization to use military force in Syria. This after President Obama announced today he抣l seek congressional approval for a limited strike on Syria in response to an alleged chem
From NPR News in Washingdon,I am Baebara Klein. President Obama's national security team was on Capital Hill today breifing dozens of law makers on classified information regarding Syria.After what several democratic representatives said they don't s
Two key Republican lawmakers who抳e been pushing for a military strike against Syria met today with President Obama at the White House, senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham emerging from the meeting to say they want Syria's government to be punis
Top members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have reportedly reached agreement on a draft resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria but barring American troops from taking part in any ground actions. The meas
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution giving President Obama authority to use limited military force against Syria in response to the regime's reported use of chemical weapons against civilians.NPR's * reports. The resoluti
The site of the 2020 Olympics will be Tokyo. The Japanese capital won an International Olympic Committee vote today over the cities of Istanbul and Madrid. From Buenos Aires, the site of the vote, NPR's Mike Pesca reports. In his final pitch to the v
Congress returns to work tomorrow after its summer break, and lawmakers will be faced with the pivotal decision of whether to launch military strikes against Syria after its alleged use of chemical weapons. Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to
President Obama says a proposal to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control to avoid US military strikes could be a potential breakthrough. While the president appearing on a half dozen network news programs including CNN, had this p
Major League Baseball is suspending 13 players for using performance-enhancing drugs. Twelve of them have accepted their 50-game penalty. But New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez is getting a more than 200-game suspension that could take him out of play t
The Obama administration has partially declassified a court order that authorizes and sets the rules for the NSA抯 collections of US telephone information. NPR抯 Dina Temple-Raston reports the disclosure came ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee h
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