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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As Republican senators take some extra days to consider a health care bill, they may consider this. The measure, which has been delayed because of a lack of votes, takes money out of Medicaid, often described as the health progra
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Thousands of people in the United States are not exactly homeless; more like houseless. They live in vehicles - RVs, campers, vans. And they follow the work, moving from job to job. The journalist Jessica Bruder embedded with this
By Al Pessin Washington 02 August 2007 Investigators from the U.S. Congress say earlier this year the Defense Department sold nearly 1,400 collections of surplus parts that can be used in aging fighter jets now only flown by Iran, in spite of a ban o
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 March 2007 Two U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would close a loophole in U.S. sanctions law. The measure would deny federal contracts to U.S. companies that do business - through foreign subsidia
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 09 August 2007 Tensions have flared between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo after clashes along their disputed border resulted in the death of a British oil worker and the capture of four Ugandan soldiers. Nick Wad
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 08 February 2006 The U.S. military says 100 Iraqi army battalions, totaling about 104,000 Iraqi soldiers, are now fighting alongside U.S. troops in Iraq. The U.S. military says
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 10 August 2006 watch Small Business Contracts Some U.S. lawmakers want the government to investigate whether large businesses intentionally misrepresented themselves in order to win federal contracts. The request comes a
By Al Pessin Aboard USNS Comfort 11 October 2007 One of the U.S. Navy's two huge hospital ships, USNS Comfort , has just finished a four-month mission to 12 Latin American countries, during which it provided free health care to 98,000 people. VOA's A
US Intelligence Reforms Debated Ahead of Obama Speech CAPITOL HILL U.S. intelligence reforms to be unveiled by President Barack Obama will be informed, at least in part, by a panel of legal scholars and spy experts that submitted recommendations to t
Europe Demands Answers on NSA Bugging Claims The German magazine Der Spiegel and Britains Guardian newspaper claim to have evidence showing that the U.S. National Security Agency bugged the European Union mission in New York and its embassy in Washin
By Mil Arcega Washington 09 April 2007 Watch Boeing Fuel Efficient Jets Boeing 787, Fuel Efficient Jets After years of lagging behind European rival Airbus, Boeing says 2007 is shaping up to be a very good year. The Chicago based airplane manufacture
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 October 2007 Acting amid continuing controversy over a recent incident involving Blackwater, the largest American private security contractor in Iraq, the U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved legis
By Jim Fry Washington, DC 08 February 2007 watch report Iraq Contractors The families of four privately-employed security guards who were killed in Iraq gave emotional testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. They told Congress the employer -- a governm
By Greg Flakus Houston 15 September 2006 Artist rendition of the Orion crew exploration vehicle approaching the International Space Station The U.S. space agency, NASA, has embarked on a long-range plan to return humans to the moon and then go on to
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 September 2006 At least 23 people were killed and two wounded by landmines in two separate incidents in eastern Sudan. A UN contractor uses a metal detector to search for mines planted along a dirt road in Juba, Sudan Ac
Concerns Over Surveillance Cloud Kerry Visit to Colombia, Brazil 侦测项目的阴云笼罩克里南美之行 STATE DEPARTMENT John Kerry made his first trip to South America as U.S. Secretary of State this week. His goal was to boost ties while he
By Stephanie Ho Washington 05 June 2006 The State Department's annual 2006 report on human trafficking around the world notes some progress on the issue last year, although it says the overall situati
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 May 2007 Attackers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a transport vessel carrying oil workers off the southern coast of Nigeria, kidnapping four Americans late Tuesday. Gilbert da Costa reports
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It is Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. We're on the day after Valentine's Day, which is really becoming almost like Valentine's week here on MORNING EDITION, which is fine. Today, two people whos
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: We're going to turn now to the partial federal government shutdown, which is now the longest in history as we've entered day 22. We're going to hear from voices across the country during the program today about how the shutdown