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In Pakistan, two US drone missiles have reportedly killed six suspected militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Islamabad the strikes coincide with demonstrations against such attacks. In recent days, hundr
Italian officials say economist Mario Monti is working to form a new Italian government now that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconis party has backed him and the president has appointed him. Berlusconis Conservative Party there requests that Mon
The ink is dry, the pens are down, the gloves are off. And Jill Dougherty is filling us in on where health care reform goes next. And remember the government program that helped save you from foreclosure? Well, guess what? The program itself might ne
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. With President Obama rejecting General Motors and Chrysler's restructuring so far, Michigan lawmakers wonder how much more auto industry stakeholders can be asked to sacrifice. From member Station WDET, S
From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. A House panel is hearing about problems with some Toyota vehicles. Some lawmakers say Toyota is wrong to insist acceleration problems have nothing to do with faulty electronics. Democratic Congressman Ed
Demonstrations against Arizona's immigration law lead to arrests in downtown Phoenix today. Several dozen people were handcuffed. This a day after a federal judge blocked the most contentious parts of the state's law. From member station KJZZ Peter O
THIS IS AMERICA - Telecommuting: Going to Work Without Ever Leaving HomeBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, January 23, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener from China named Walker would like information about agricultural programs in the United States. This is our subject today in week number thirty of our Foreign Student Series. About one hu
WILLIAM BRANGHAM:Good evening and thank you for joining us. Donald Trump's presidential campaign is in full throttle damage control mode following yesterday's release of an 11-year-old videotape showing him making vulgar, sexual, remarks demeaning to
Occupy Wall Street activists took their protest against social inequality and corporate greed to New Yorks Financial District Thursday, as police kept demonstrators from Wall Street itself. Minor skirmishes reported between protesters and police. Pol
President Barack Obama has begun trying to build public support for his plan to ease unemployment and boost the U.S. economy. The president started the campaign Friday in nearby Richmond, Virginia. Hours after laying out his $447 billion jobs plan to
U. S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pledge to restore the Promise of America when he takes the stage to accept his party's nomination Thursday night. Aides have been touting Thursday's address to the Republican National Conventio
WASHINGTON Later this week, U.S. lawmakers will hold the first hearings into the prisoner swap that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban detainees. Sergeant Bergdahl is reported to be claiming he was beaten, tortured, and held
As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a plan to slash U.S. government deficits by trillions of dollars, a powerful Republican lawmaker is already criticizing key components reportedly contained in the proposal. Efforts to get more federal re
Congressional Leaders Optimistic About Fiscal Talks WHITE HOUSE Republican and Democratic congressional leaders voiced optimism after White House talks Friday with President about chances for an agreement to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff facing th
Long-simmering tensions between Donald Trump and the Washington foreign policy establishment burst into the open yesterday after a respected former congressman quit the transition team and a leading neoconservative publicly warned colleagues not to j
JUDY WOODRUFF: And we turn now to the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. He is Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California. Congressman Schiff, welcome back to the program. What's the main thing that you think was clarified a
President Barack Obama says a new report that says the rich are getting richer while the middle class struggles shows Republicans in Congress are not paying attention to the economic situation in the United States. Obama said in his weekly address Sa
How much do you know? 你知道多少 That you were with him when he was pulled over. 知道他被抓的时候和你在一起 Who else knows? Just me. 还有谁知道,只有我 I can keep it that way, but I need more. 我不会告诉别人,但你得
The United States has called for a new focus on power-sharing in Burundi, saying that todays presidential election was not free or fair. The US State Department said it would review all aspects of its partnership with Burundi, including imposing targ