NPR 2009-11-29

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. Russian officials are calling the bomb that caused a deadly train derailment last night the worst terrorist attack in that country in years. The blast forced a luxury high-speed train heading from Mosco

NPR 2009-10-31

One day after a rosy outlook sent stocks up more than 2%, Wall Street took it all back in lump sum today. Worries over a weak report on consumer spending last month as well as an end-of-month selling bout caused investors to pull back. Britt Beemer

NPR 2009-11-30

Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will build ten new facilities to enrich uranium. His statement to Irans state news agency came just days after the governing board of the UNs nuclear watchdog agency censured Iran for its refusal

NPR 2009-10-25

President Obama has declared the H1N1 flu a national emergency, a move that opens the way for hospitals, doctors and local governments to get legal waivers so they can better cope with any surge of people with the swine flu virus. NPR's Richard Gonz

NPR 2009-10-27

The makers of the vaccine for swine flu are being taken to task for giving an overly rosy assessment of their ability to produce enough vaccine for everyone who wants it. Making the rounds of the network morning news programs, Health and Human Servi

NPR 2009-11-01

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The chief rival to Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai in that countrys upcoming runoff election, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, is widely expected to pull out of the race, although he will

NPR 2009-11-10

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The suspected gunman in the deadly shooting attack at Fort Hood, Texas is alert and talking to medical personnel at the hospital where he is being treated. Investigators from the Army and the FBI have b

NPR 2009-11-15

From NPR News in Washington, Im Barbara Klein. President Obama is in Singapore for a series of meetings with leaders from Asia, including the military government of Myanmar, which the US has long tried to isolate. NPRs Scott Horsley reports. Preside

NPR 2009-11-21

A 23-hour debate marathon is underway in the Senate. Its leading up to a make or break vote tomorrow night for the massive health care overhaul bill unveiled this week by Senate Democrats. We have more on this from NPRs David Welna. Democrats need 6

NPR 2009-10-21

President Obama is continuing to say plans to wind down US operations in Iraq are on track. Meeting this morning in the Oval Office with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the president reaffirmed the expected pullout of combat forces by next summ

NPR 2009-10-23

President Obama is praising a new Treasury Department plan to rein in executive compensation by 50%. The seven largest companies had received billions in taxpayer bailouts. Speaking at the White House, the president said that many Americans were not

NPR 2009-11-06

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The Fort Hood military base in Texas is on lockdown because of a mass shooting today. NPRs Pentagon correspondent Mary Louise Kelly has been covering developments. She is in the studio with us now. What

NPR 2009-11-09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. . . . sing with me. How great is our God. . . This church service in Fort Hood, Texas is more emotional than usual this Sunday. People are mourning the 13 people who died during a shooting rampage thre

NPR 2009-11-07

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. US military forces around the world were asked to observe a moment of silence today for those killed and wounded at the Fort Hood military post in Texas. That attack yesterday left 13 people dead and mo

NPR 2009-11-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. President Obama appeared at a middle school in Madison, Wisconsin this past hour to challenge states to get their education priorities in line with his administrations educational goals, if they want a

NPR 2009-10-16

The House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow foreign terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay to be sent to the U.S. for trial. The measure passed 224 to 193, only one Republican voted for it. Opponents said transferring suspects to the ma

NPR 2009-10-14

President Obama's effort to restructure the nation's health care system got a major boost today. The Senate Finance Committee voted to send its overhaul measure to the full Senate. One Republican, Maines Olympia Snowe, was among 14 committee members

NPR 2009-10-12

The top UN official in Afghanistan Kai Eide is acknowledging that there was, what he called, widespread fraud in the country's recent presidential election. But Eide would not be more specific about how much fraud occurred. Any specific figure at th

NPR 2009-10-09

The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a revised version of the USA Patriot Act. Three provisions will sunset at the end of the year if the law is not renewed. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports. The committee voted eleven to eight in favor of the revision

NPR 2009-10-05

Insurgents in Afghanistan killed eight American soldiers and two Afghan police officers in a brazen daylight attack in the eastern part of that country this weekend. But President Obama's National Security Advisor, retired General James Jones is dis