In a decision certain to be appealed to the US Supreme Court, a three-judge federal court today upheld a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act. NPRs Nina Totenberg has more. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was reauthorized most recently two year...
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the removal of more than 100 children from a polygamist compound was not warranted. Nathan Bernier of member station KUT in Austin reports. The ruling applies to 128 of the more than 440 children taken from the...
Bush loyalists are taking the offensive today in response to a book by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. In it, he claims the administration relied on, what he termed, an aggressive political propaganda campaign instead of the trut...
Two more powerful earthquakes or aftershocks from earthquakes hit Sichuan province, China this afternoon, and the confirmed death toll from the May 12th quake has now grown to more than 67, 000. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports from Chengdu. Those aftershoc...
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...
A strong aftershock jolted Central China today, even as emergency workers were looking for more victims from this month's earthquake there. Today's temblor had a magnitude of six and it destroyed thousands of mainly vacant homes and buildings, at le...
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...
Hillary Clinton has apologized for a comment she made in South Dakota today in saying that people should stop calling for her to leave the race. Clinton pointed out it was not until June when Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy was killed. NPR's Dav...
The Senate today approved a bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with a measure containing money for domestic programs including an expanded GI Bill. NPRs Brian Naylor has more. The war funding bill will provide some 165 billion doll...
The US House passed a broad 50-billion-dollar income tax relief package today, including incentives for alternative energy production. NPR's Debbie Elliott has more. The bill extends popular and non-controversial tax incentives, ranging from expense...
Polls have closed in Kentucky at this hour with voters there casting ballots in the state's primary. Up for grabs are a total of 51 convention delegates. Based on exit polls and early returns, NPR is now projecting Hillary Clinton is the winner of t...
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is accusing Barack Obama of understating the threat posed by Iran. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. John McCain took time out from an economic speech in Chicago to criticize remarks made by Barack Obama ove...
President Bush insisted again today that a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord can be hammered out before he leaves office. Mr. Bush tried to allay Palestinian concerns that he is favoring Israel in the stalled Middle East peace process. Israel must ma...
Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is said to be alert and speaking with relatives at a Boston hospital, where he's undergoing tests after suffering a seizure at the family compound on Cape Cod. Shannon Mullen at member station WBUR has...
President Bush's request to Saudi Arabia to increase oil production has been rebuffed. Mr. Bush spent the day out of public view meeting with Saudi's King Abdullah about soaring gas prices and other issues. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from the Saud...
