NPR 2008-08-28

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver today officially nominated Barack Obama to be the Partys nominee for president, the first African-American ever chosen by a major political party. NPRs Debbie Elliot reports from the Pepsi Ce

NPR 2008-08-27

It's Hillary Clinton's night at the Democratic National Convention. She takes the podium for a prime time speech to urge her supporters to rally behind Barack Obama's candidacy. NPR's Debbie Elliott has more. With polls showing less than half of Cli

NPR 2008-10-26

Asian and European leaders have wrapped up a meeting in Beijing at which they agreed on ways to address the global financial crisis. They planned to present their ideas at a summit to be hosted by the United States next month. NPR's Louisa Lim repor

NPR 2008-10-27

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to link his GOP opponent with President Bush's policies. Obama drew a crowd of tens of thousands of people to a rally this afternoon in downtown Denver, as NPR's Don Gonyea repor

NPR 2008-06-28

The US government will pay nearly six million dollars to settle a lawsuit related to the FBI's investigation of the anthrax attacks of 2001. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports. The settlement ends a four-year case brought by bioweapons expert Steven Hat

NPR 2008-10-24

The Bush administration and Federal regulators are working on a plan to ease pressure on homeowners facing foreclosure. NPR's Giles Snyder has more. A parade of Federal regulators were on Capitol Hill today including Sheila Bair--the Chair of the Fe

NPR 2008-11-30

Officials in India say they believe just ten gunmen managed to carry out the siege of Mumbai, a city of 18 million people, a showdown that left nearly 200 people dead including at least five Americans. Investigators are trying to determine how that

NPR 2008-11-28

It has been more than 24 hours since yesterday's attacks in the Indian financial center of Mumbai, and Indian commandos are still fighting for control of the city. The BBC's Chris Moyles reports that some of the attackers remain uncaptured. In one o

NPR 2008-11-27

Officials in Mumbai say four armed gunmen that launched a terror attack in the Indian commercial capital have been killed and nine terror suspects have now been arrested. The attacks which occurred at luxury hotels, a train station and other locatio

NPR 2008-11-26

The Federal Reserve has signed off on a measure to spend 800 billion dollars to try to thaw the frozen credit markets. 600 billion will go towards buying mortgage-related debt and securities while another 200 billion will support consumer debt secur

NPR 2008-11-25

The Federal Reserve and the Treasury are reportedly ready to announce a major lending program today as part of the economic recovery effort. It would help underwrite hundreds of billions of dollars in commercial debt including such things as car loa

NPR 2008-11-24

Federal regulators are reportedly conferring with executives from Citigroup about a possible rescue plan. The New York Times says under the proposal, if Citigroup's losses on shaky mortgage-related assets reach a certain level, the government would

NPR 2008-07-27

The Senate has overwhelmingly approved and sent to President Bush a landmark housing bill aimed at helping hundreds of thousands of American families avoid losing their homes to foreclosure. The vote came in a rare Saturday session as NPR's Brian Na

NPR 2008-06-25

An Inspector General's report is contending that politics played a major role in who was hired at the Justice Department by the Bush administration. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports. If you are a young lawyer trying to get a career job at the Justic

NPR 2008-06-26

The Supreme Court today has struck down a law allowing the execution of individuals convicted of child rape. The high court, in a 5-4 vote, said a Louisiana law permitting the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates a constitution ban on

NPR 2008-06-27

President Bush today eased some economic sanctions against North Korea in exchange for a North Korean declaration on details of its nuclear weapons program. NPR's Mike Shuster reports. The president moved to rescind North Korea's designation as a st

NPR 2008-06-29

President Bush has issued an emergency declaration for California, opening the way for more federal assistance for fire crews battling hundreds of wildfires there, most sparked by lightning. More than 260, 000 acres have burned so far. Christina Aan

NPR 2008-10-25

The Markets dropped again today. The Dow Jones Industrials fell 3. 5%. The NASDAQ and SP were also down more than 3% today. NPR's Yuki Noguchi has more. A few months ago, a 300-point-drop in the Dow would have been a very bad day, but given the setu

NPR 2008-05-25

Emergency crews in Kansas are still assessing the damage from the dozens of tornadoes that hit parts of the state last night. At least two people were killed. Sharon Watson is a spokeswoman for the state's Adjutant General's Department. We've got ma

NPR 2008-05-27

At Arlington National Cemetery on this Memorial Day, President Bush urged Americans to pay tribute to the members of the Armed Services who've fallen in battle, especially in the last year. NPR's John Burnett reports. The president called the fighti