One day after a rosy outlook sent stocks up more than 2%, Wall Street took it all back in lump sum today. Worries over a weak report on consumer spending last month as well as an end-of-month selling bout caused investors to pull back. Britt Beemer...
President Obama today hailed new economic numbers that show the economy might be finally pulling out of recession. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. President Obama told a group of small-business owners that the news the economy grew 3.5% in the third qua...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan today after a massive car bomb ripped through a crowded market in Peshawar, killing at least 90 people. And she was quick to condemn the attack. These attacks on innocent people are c...
President Obama visited a massive solar power facility in Florida today to announce a multibillion dollar push for upgrades to the nation's electric grid. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. With acres of solar cells stretching out behind him, Mr. Obama sa...
The makers of the vaccine for swine flu are being taken to task for giving an overly rosy assessment of their ability to produce enough vaccine for everyone who wants it. Making the rounds of the network morning news programs, Health and Human Servi...
President Obama is condemning today's suicide bombings in Baghdad as outrageous attacks, but he said they were no match for the courage and resilience of the Iraqi people. The two blasts killed at least 132 people and injured hundreds of others. NPR...
President Obama has declared the H1N1 flu a national emergency, a move that opens the way for hospitals, doctors and local governments to get legal waivers so they can better cope with any surge of people with the swine flu virus. NPR's Richard Gonz...
There was a big jump in sales of previously owned homes last month, though a lot of that was likely attributable to a soon to expire 8,000 dollar tax credit for new home buyers. The National Association of Realtors says sales of previously owned home...
President Obama is praising a new Treasury Department plan to rein in executive compensation by 50%. The seven largest companies had received billions in taxpayer bailouts. Speaking at the White House, the president said that many Americans were not...
The FBI has arrested a Boston-area man for allegedly conspiring to kill prominent US politicians and attack shoppers at a mall. NPRs Dina Temple-Raston reports. Tarek Mehanna was arrested at his parents house in Sudbury Massachusetts in an upscale n...
President Obama is continuing to say plans to wind down US operations in Iraq are on track. Meeting this morning in the Oval Office with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the president reaffirmed the expected pullout of combat forces by next summ...
In Vienna today, the head of the United Nations nuclear agency said talks with Iran to move most of its enriched uranium out of the country are off to a good start. From Vienna, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports. Following an afternoon of close-door tal...
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says President Obama will not commit any more American troops to Afghanistan until questions about that countrys government are resolved. Get a government that is seen as legitimate to the people and has a cre...
Pakistan has launched a major ground offensive against militants in the border area near Afghanistan. The BBCs Shoaid Pasan reports the army is meeting fierce resistance from the militants. The screws upturning in what appears to be the toughest tes...
A panel investigating allegations of fraud in Afghanistans presidential election is expected to release its conclusions this evening or tomorrow. The results will determine whether incumbent President Hamid Karzai won the August 20th vote or whether...
