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Economic growth in the U.S. picked up the pace between July and September, boosted by both consumer and government spending. As NPR's James Rolly reports the 2% annual rate of growth was improvement over the second quarter, but still not what many ec
Residents along the northeast are bracing for a potentially dangerous super storms that could bring damaging winds and heavy rain. Officials are on alert from Maine to North Carolina. From member station WHYY in Philadelphia Elizbeth * reports. Offic
A federal judge in Austin has signed with women's healthcare clinics in civil rights group in rules 2 of provisions of Texas's new abortion law are unconstitutional.Ran with member station KST extra reports Moscan. The 2 provisions of Texas's new abo
JP Morgan Chase has agreed to a 5.1-billion dollar settlement with the overseer Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. NPR's Dan Bobkoff reports that the news of the deal came late this afternoon. The settlement resolves claims that JP Morgan Chase duped mortga
Lawmakers by 232-to-186 votes have approved creation of a special committee to do investigate the assault on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Republican lawmakers founds it to continue to pursue of questions about the attack that claims
The Obama administration has launched what it calls a text search to fix problems plaguing the government on-line health insurance markets. NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the president insists that despite these problems, the health coverage offered th
The nation's largest bank, JP Morgan Chase has tentatively agreed to pay a record 13 billion dollars to settle allegations surrounding the quality of its mortgage back securities in the runup to the nation's financial crisis. The agreement in princip
The Obama administration is recalling some FEMA employees who've been furloughed today so they can prepare for Tropical Storm Karen. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the White House says it's time for Congress to bring all federal employees back to work.
Investigators are still trying to find out what prompted a woman with a young child in her car to drive into security barriers near the White House and the Capitol building today, who'd been shot and killed by police. NPR's Craig Windham reports a un
President Obama thanked Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington for finally reaching an agreement.The president's mark coming after the Senate by vote of 81 to 18 signed on a measure to avoid financial default and reopen the government's 16 d
Transit workers unions in the Sanfrancisco bay area say they will walk off their job at mid night after marathon bargaining session failed to produce a settlement in their 4 month long labour dispute.NPR's Risgan reports. Representatives for 2 unions
Support for this broadcast comes from Carbonite, providing automatic cloud backup solutions for individuals and small businesses. Learn more at Carbonite.com. From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. With a looming government shutdown now less th
Secretary of State Chuck Hagel wrapped up a visit to Afghanistan today with a bit of good news for U.S. forces, a possible budget agreement in Washington may relieve some of the Pentagons financial woes. And as NPRs Larry Abramson reports from Kabul,
While the stand-off in Ukraine continues, the US and other world leaders are continuing to try and de-escalate the crisis. As NPR's * reports, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stern warning to Russia today. The State Department says John Kerry
President Obama has signed new executive measures as part of his effort to close the persistent pay gap between men and women. NPR Scott Horsley says federal contractors will soon have to give the government more information about how much they pay t
From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack Speer. The US is announcing the suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt follows the ouster Egyptian president Mosi in the subsequent crackdown there by the country's military back t
Senate majority leader Harry Reid and minority leader Mitch McConnell have taken charge of trying to hammer out the solution to the budget and debt selling crisis, but at least publicly seem to have made no progress. Meanwhile, international monetary
President Obama and House speaker John Benhner spoke by phone this afternoon just after the presiden met at the White House with Senate republicans.NPR's Ario Shipiro reports there appears to progress toward ending the shutdown and lifting the debt c
From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack Speer. House republicans say they will be working through the night to try to come to agreement with president Obama on a plan to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit.Word came after the GOP lea
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