NPR 2008-10-03

Alaskans are heading home early from work tonight to catch the vice presidential debates set to begin in about two hours from now. Sarah Palin's nomination has revealed more about the governor than most Alaskans ever knew. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold rep

NPR 2008-08-10

A delegation of US and European diplomats is reportedly heading to the former Soviet Republic of Georgia to try to broker a truce in the escalating conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashv

NPR 2008-08-11

Russian military forces have stepped up their offensive in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia today, targeting areas outside the contested region of South Ossetia. The US ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad warned Russia that its ti

NPR 2008-08-12

President Bush today told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that recent actions by Russia against the former Soviet Republic of Georgia represent a dramatic and brutal escalation of violence. And just back from the Beijing Olympics, the presi

NPR 2008-08-13

Georgia's president now says he agrees with the European Union plan that would call for a ceasefire with Russia. The plan brokered by France calls for both Russian and Georgian troops to return to their original positions. Speaking to reporters afte

NPR 2008-08-14

President Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Georgia to show support for the embattled president there. He's also launching a humanitarian mission with the Pentagon in the lead. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports. President Bush says

NPR 2008-08-15

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in France where she is calling on Russia to honor a French-mediated cease-fire with the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. She is then going to Georgia to show her support for the embattled leader there. NPR's

NPR 2008-08-16

President Bush again blamed Russia for the week-long crisis in Georgia and called on Moscow to withdraw its combat troops. He spoke as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in the Georgian capital, pushing for implementation of a French-brokered c

NPR 2008-09-01

From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The outer bands of Hurricane Gustav are expected to reach Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf Coast this evening. The storm has expanded in size, and forecasters say it will have a powerful impact eve

NPR 2008-09-02

Hurricane Gustav is slowing down over Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. So far, the damage to New Orleans appears minimum. NPR's Kitty Adam has more. The big question now in New Orleans is will the levees hold. So far, the answer is yes. Officials say t

NPR 2008-09-03

An all too familiar sound to anyone who's been through a hurricane. Those are workers in New Orleans cleaning up storm debris, downed tree limbs and the like. The streets of the city meanwhile remain largely empty at this hour with only rescue and u

NPR 2008-09-04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Alaskan Governor and vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin speaks before the Republican National Convention and television audiences tonight. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports. Tonight is Sa

NPR 2008-11-13

Democratic leaders want Congress to focus on a bailout for the U.S. auto industry during next week's lame-duck session of Congress. But Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says it should not be tied to the 700-billion-dollar rescue package for troubled

NPR 2008-09-06

GOP presidential nominee John McCain visited a small town outside Milwaukee today and promised to take his White House campaign to small towns throughout America. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. John McCain's first campaign stop after the GOP conventio

NPR 2008-09-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Federal regulators are reportedly said to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Macat least temporarilyto shore up the mortgage finance firms, which have lost a total of about 14 billion dollars over

NPR 2008-09-08

The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is getting a positive initial reaction from Wall Street. US stock futures are up sharply, harbinger of a possible strong rally tomorrow. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, in announcing the action, s

NPR 2008-09-09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates agreed on one thing today the government's takeover of giant mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was something that had to be done given

NPR 2008-09-10

More troops will be heading home from Iraq. President Bush made the announcement today in Washington. NPR's JJ Sutherland reports from the Pentagon. The president said the situation in Iraq has changed dramatically. Civilian deaths are down, sectari

NPR 2008-09-11

Federal regulators in Denver and Washington who were supposed to be watchdogs over oil and gas companies allegedly partied and have sex with industry employees. A report says they also improperly accepted gifts and arranged lucrative contracts for t

NPR 2008-09-12

President Bush said today when history reviews America's response to the September 11th attacks, it will find we did not tire, we did not falter and we did not fail. The president today marked the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a momen