NPR 2011-06-24

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NPR 2011-06-28

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is convicted at his corruption retrial, with a jury finding him guilty a short time ago on 17 of the 20 charges against him. Those include all 11 charges related to his attempt to sell or trade President Obama

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A massive weather system sweeping across the Deep South is spawning tornadoes. Suzette Berry lives just outside Yazoo City, Mississippi where she says a twister tore through Highway 49 and flattened just about everything in its path. Trees downed, I

NPR 2010-06-24

The top US commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal is out. President Obama made the announcement after hearing about disparaging remarks the general and his aides made about members of the national security team. We need to remember what

NPR 2011-07-21

President Obama is holding separate meetings today with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, as NPR's Mara Liasson reports, to see if there can be a solution to the impasse over the debt ceiling. The two meetings at the White House will d

NPR 2011-07-01

President Obama is declining Senate Republicans' invitation to visit the Capitol and speak to them about the impasse in budget talks. White House spokesman Jay Carney said there's no point since the White House already knows Republicans' position. Ea

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