NPR 2009-01-24

President Obama met this morning with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to discuss the economic stimulus package. Afterward, leaders of both parties said they expected to have a proposal ready for the president by mid-February. NPR's Scott Horsley has

NPR 2009-01-27

President Barack Obama took several steps today aimed at boosting auto fuel efficiency and curbing greenhouse gases. Environmentalists say the moves represent a clean break with the Bush Administration. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama

NPR 2009-01-28

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Afghanistan has emerged as the greatest military challenge. And more American troops could be headed there as earlier as this spring. NPR's Tom Bowman has more. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee there

NPR 2009-01-31

With the nation's economy suffering its sharpest slowdown in more than a quarter century, President Barack Obama is hoping to connect with middle-class voters. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama says the recession is deepening. He pointed

NPR 2009-01-29

President Obama is looking past today's expected House vote on his $825 billion plan to jump-start the economy. He met with business leaders today to urge Congress to complete the process swiftly. NPR's Giles Snyder has more. The meeting in the Roos

NPR 2008-07-23

Congressional budget analysts say a Bush administration plan to rescue mortgage backers, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, could cost the government up to 25 billion dollars. The House may vote on the rescue package as soon as tomorrow. NPR's Brian Naylor

NPR 2008-08-18

Russia's president says Russian forces will begin withdrawing in Georgia tomorrow back to positions held before fighting broke out last week. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he expects some stalling. But he says such tactics could further damage

NPR 2008-10-17

Wall Street reversed yesterday's course and today ended trading up more than 400 points. Investors were buoyed by a Labor Department report showing the Consumer Price Index steady in September, and oil prices slid to their lowest level in more than

NPR 2008-10-20

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama got a major boost today as he was endorsed by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. NPR's Jamie Tarabay has more. The retired general told NBC's Meet the Press he plans to vote for Obama on November 4.

NPR 2009-01-23

President Barack Obama surrounded by retired senior military leaders today began announcing some of his overhauling of US treatment of terrorist suspects. Mr. Obama signed an executive order that would call for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay dete

NPR 2009-01-19

This land is your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island. The sound of tens of thousands of people singing along with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at a concert this afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial. The concert feat

NPR 2009-01-20

President-elect Barack Obama is spending his inauguration eve observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is called a national day of community service. At a Washington D. C. high school, Mr. Obama pledged to provide service opportunities every day

NPR 2009-01-21

Led by a phalanx of motorcycles, President Barack Obama was greeted by a crowd of tens of thousands today as the presidential motorcade moved down Pennsylvania Avenue. Many waited outside in the cold for eight hours or more just to get a glimpse of

NPR 2009-01-22

Senate lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the nation's next Secretary of State. The Senate on a vote of 94:2 today, approving Clinton's confirmation despite some Republican questions by a possible conflict

NPR 2008-12-07

President-elect Barack Obama says his administration will undertake the largest public works program since the building of the interstate highway system back in the 1950s. The goal is to create millions of new jobs and bolster the sagging U.S. econo

NPR 2008-12-02

President-elect Barack Obama has named his top national security team, Senator Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State, Robert Gates, the current Secretary of Defense to stay on and retired Marine General James Jones as National Security Advisor. NPR P

NPR 2008-12-01

The names have already been leaked, but President-elect Barack Obama is set to announce formally his choices for more than a third of the cabinet as well as his national security team. Senator Hilary Clinton is expected to be nominated as secretary

NPR 2008-10-15

The federal government, albeit reluctantly, has gotten into the banking business, announcing it would inject 250 billion dollars directly into some of the nation's largest financial institutions. Richard Sylla is an economics professor and financial

NPR 2008-10-14

After plunging 18% for the five days ending last Friday, the Dow and the other major stock market indices were back to life today, regaining 11% of their losses. For the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it was the single biggest one day point gain by a

NPR 2008-10-13

Stock futures in the US are moving higher this evening in advance of the opening of Asian markets. Investors will be assessing the latest government moves to deal with the global financial crisis. At a summit in Paris today, leaders of the 15 nation