NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-12

From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack Speer. House republicans say they will be working through the night to try to come to agreement with president Obama on a plan to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit.Word came after the GOP lea

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-13

President Obama and House speaker John Benhner spoke by phone this afternoon just after the presiden met at the White House with Senate republicans.NPR's Ario Shipiro reports there appears to progress toward ending the shutdown and lifting the debt c

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-14

Still no end in sight to the stalemate of the federal budget and debt ceiling, senator republicans will somehow from a few democrats prevented a democratic proposal to raise the debt ceiling from being put to a yes-or-no vote. Senator majority leader

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-15

Senate majority leader Harry Reid and minority leader Mitch McConnell have taken charge of trying to hammer out the solution to the budget and debt selling crisis, but at least publicly seem to have made no progress. Meanwhile, international monetary

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-16

Tremendous progress according to the senate majority leader Harry Reid, though he says he and his GOP counterpart in the senate aren't there yet. The comments on the senate floor, coming as democratic and republican senators working on a fiscal deal

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-11

From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack Speer. The US is announcing the suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt follows the ouster Egyptian president Mosi in the subsequent crackdown there by the country's military back t

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-02

Support for this broadcast comes from Carbonite, providing automatic cloud backup solutions for individuals and small businesses. Learn more at Carbonite.com. From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. With a looming government shutdown now less th

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-20

A transit workers strike has snol the evening commute in the Sanfrancisco Bay area leaving hundreds of thousands of communters to scramble from ordinary way home.NPR's Richard reports there is no indications labours or management prepare to resume ta

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-19

Transit workers unions in the Sanfrancisco bay area say they will walk off their job at mid night after marathon bargaining session failed to produce a settlement in their 4 month long labour dispute.NPR's Risgan reports. Representatives for 2 unions

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-18

President Obama thanked Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington for finally reaching an agreement.The president's mark coming after the Senate by vote of 81 to 18 signed on a measure to avoid financial default and reopen the government's 16 d

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-17

The Senate now seems to be the last best hope bring the US economy from possiblely hurling off the cliff,that's after several efforts by House Speaker John Benhner to get his colleagues sign on a measure default crashed and burned today .NPR's Timmer

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-03

With the government now in partial shutdown as a budget battle wages in Washington, at least for the moment the respective sides seem dug in. Republicans have put forth proposals to reopen small slices of the government and create a negotiating commi

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-04

A grim-faced John Boehner emerged from the White House to say that President Obama has refused to negotiate with Republicans, who want to tie a temporary funding measure to his signature health care law, Speaker Boehner saying while there was a polit

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-05

Investigators are still trying to find out what prompted a woman with a young child in her car to drive into security barriers near the White House and the Capitol building today, who'd been shot and killed by police. NPR's Craig Windham reports a un

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-06

The Obama administration is recalling some FEMA employees who've been furloughed today so they can prepare for Tropical Storm Karen. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the White House says it's time for Congress to bring all federal employees back to work.

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-07

US special forces have carried out a counter-terrorism operation in Somalia against the leader of the Islamist group al-Shabab, but the Defense Department is giving no further details. An official tells NPR the operation was aimed at capturing the te

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-08

Theres no apparent movement in the partisan stalemate over the budget and the debt ceiling. House Speaker John Boehner told ABCs This Week that debt ceiling wont be raised until President Obama negotiates government spending. It is time to deal with

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-09

As the government shutdown persists, calls for House Speaker John Boehner to allow a vote on the Senate spending bill are growing louder. As NPRs Ailsa Chang reports, both President Obama and Senate leaders say the speaker could single-handedly end t

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-10

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.

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-22

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