With the nation's economy suffering its sharpest slowdown in more than a quarter century, President Barack Obama is hoping to connect with middle-class voters. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama says the recession is deepening. He pointed...
Illinois state senators have begun debating the fate of Governor Rod Blagojevich with a vote on whether to remove the governor from office expected shortly. Republican State Senator Dale Righter was among those who said Blagojevich needs to go. This...
President Obama is looking past today's expected House vote on his $825 billion plan to jump-start the economy. He met with business leaders today to urge Congress to complete the process swiftly. NPR's Giles Snyder has more. The meeting in the Roos...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Afghanistan has emerged as the greatest military challenge. And more American troops could be headed there as earlier as this spring. NPR's Tom Bowman has more. Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee there...
President Barack Obama took several steps today aimed at boosting auto fuel efficiency and curbing greenhouse gases. Environmentalists say the moves represent a clean break with the Bush Administration. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. President Obama...
Some key Congressional Republicans are voicing opposition to President Obama's proposed 825-billion-dollar economic recovery plan in its current form. GOP Senator John McCain of Arizona. The plan was written by the majority in, Democratic majority i...
President Obama says his administration's 825-billion-dollar economic recovery plan is aimed to doing far more than pulling the nation out of recession and creating jobs. This is not just a short-term program to boost employment. It's one that will...
President Obama met this morning with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to discuss the economic stimulus package. Afterward, leaders of both parties said they expected to have a proposal ready for the president by mid-February. NPR's Scott Horsley has...
President Barack Obama surrounded by retired senior military leaders today began announcing some of his overhauling of US treatment of terrorist suspects. Mr. Obama signed an executive order that would call for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay dete...
Senate lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be the nation's next Secretary of State. The Senate on a vote of 94:2 today, approving Clinton's confirmation despite some Republican questions by a possible conflict...
Led by a phalanx of motorcycles, President Barack Obama was greeted by a crowd of tens of thousands today as the presidential motorcade moved down Pennsylvania Avenue. Many waited outside in the cold for eight hours or more just to get a glimpse of...
President-elect Barack Obama is spending his inauguration eve observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is called a national day of community service. At a Washington D. C. high school, Mr. Obama pledged to provide service opportunities every day...
This land is your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island. The sound of tens of thousands of people singing along with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen at a concert this afternoon at the Lincoln Memorial. The concert feat...
President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Americans to rely on the same perseverance and idealism that the country's founders showed, as the nation faces the daunting challenges that lie ahead. We are here today not simply to pay tribute to those p...
Crews are searching the Hudson River for the engines from the US Airways jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in the water yesterday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Kitty Higgins says they are also trying to lift the b...
