NPR 2012-04-01

Three days away from the delegate-rich GOP Wisconsin presidential primary vote, Mitt Romney is working to establish himself as the inevitable Republican standard bearer and the man to deny President Obama a second term. They just kill economic freedo

NPR 2012-04-19

The Pentagon says it is disturbed by newly released photos in the Los Angeles Times today purported to show American troops in Afghanistan posing near the bodies of insurgents back in 2010. NPR's Tom Bowman reports the paper was warned that publishin

NPR 2012-04-05

US stocks are retreating partly on news of Spain's weak bond auction, which's stoking new fears of European debt crisis. Last week, Spain announced tax hikes and deep spending cuts. The price of gold has fallen to its lowest level since January. At l

NPR 2012-04-07

The unemployment rate is fallen to 8.2%. Fewer people were included in March's employment tally because fewer were looking for work and 120,000 jobs were added to economy in March. That's about half the number from the month before. President Obama i

NPR 2012-04-03

President Obama has just wrapped up his summit with leaders of Mexico in Canada, where energy and trade were prominent in their discussions at the White House about strengthening the North American economies. The confidence is up, and the economy is

NPR 2012-05-09

No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa

NPR 2012-05-06

The man who claimed he planned the 9/11 attacks is before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants would not answer the judge's questions and even refuse to listen to them by taking off the

NPR 2012-05-10

President Obama now says same-sex marriage should be legal. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the White House has been under pressure to clarify the presidents position since Vice President Joe Biden expressed support for gay marriage on Sunday. The president

NPR 2012-05-01

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has given the most extensive justification so far for the USs use of unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists. The strikes have been controversial because they can even target US citizens w

NPR 2012-07-19

Tepid hiring, modest growth, that's the economic picture being revealed on the Federal Reserve Survey, officially known as the Beige Book. The economy expanded in June and early July in several parts of the country, but overall growth pulled back. Th

NPR 2011-05-23

President Obama says the flap over his proposal to use Israel's pre-1967 border[s] in any future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has gotten out of hand. Speaking to members of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC today in Washington, the president said he

NPR 2011-05-09

From President Obama's national security advisor, a benign evaluation of how much Pakistan knew about bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad. We don't have evidence at this point that the political, military and intelligence leadership of Pakistan knew ab

NPR 2011-04-20

Syria is abolishing nearly 50 years of emergency rule that gave the government broad powers to detain anyone considered a threat. This was a key demand for the Syrian opposition. But it may not be enough for President Bashar al-Assad to halt the more

NPR 2011-04-22

President Obama's taking his domestic agenda to voters in the western US. His latest stop is Reno, Nevada, where he pledged to protect consumers from price gouging in the wake of higher oil and gas costs. The Attorney General's putting together a tea

NPR 2011-08-02

The debt-ceiling agreement President Obama reached with congressional leaders over the weekend is coming under debate in the US House. Speaker John Boehner says he remains opposed to any tax hikes to help balance the federal budget. We've worked with

NPR 2011-08-10

Wall Street's reacting to news from the Federal Reserve today that interest rates would stay low to help economic growth pick up. At last check, we see the Dow up more than 400 points or 3.8% at 11,229; NASDAQ is up more than 5% or 125 points at 2,48

NPR 2011-09-06

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The chant four more years erupts throughout President Obama's speech in Detroit today. He touted the success of a 2009 federal bailout for the largest automakers that he says helps save millions of jobs

NPR 2011-09-21

The country's defense leaders are calling this a historic day for the military and the nation. The ban on openly gay service in the military is officially over. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen says the military's stronge

NPR 2011-10-03

In the grips of a deep recession and an unrelenting debt crisis, the Greek cabinet has approved a budget for parliamentary consideration. The spending plan includes a decision to cut civil service staff by 30,000 by the end of the year. The next inst

NPR 2011-10-07

President Obama is calling his jobs proposal and insurance policy against the threat of a double-dip recession. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the president used a White House news conference today to press Congress to pass his bill. President Obama say