From NPR news in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. It's a long hot weekend in Washington where both the House and the Senate are in session, and the debt ceiling deadline looms. NPR's Louise Schiavone has the lastest. Repubilcans donimated House has slapped...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says the looming debt crisis is a burden to Congress could easily lift if it just chooses to do so. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the President, the Senate to make a statement of the White Hou...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jin Hour. The House of representatives is now debate House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit, but to voted expective leader today. Boehner's plan would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for deep cuts in...
Facing a rebellion from fellow House Republicans over his debt ceiling plan, Speaker of the House John Boehner took a hard line today, trying to drum up more support. NPR's David Welna reports Boehner postponed a House vote on his plan until tomorrow...
The White House warns House Speaker John Boehner's latest budget plan will be vetoed if it reaches President Obama's desk. It's opposed to a measure requiring that a second debt-limit vote be held before the 2012 elections. Now some conservatives, me...
The Senate will take up a Democratic plan denied to raise the debt limit high enough to get passed next year's election. NPR's David Welna reports House Republicans are proposing a rival plan that would require an increase to the debt ceiling early n...
Police are pouring over a 1,500-page manifesto by the man suspected in the terrorist attacks on Norway's government headquarters and at an island retreat for youths. He writes of his deepening mistrust for Muslims and the left-wing politicians he bla...
Police are releasing some details about the man accused of perpetrating both a bomb attack and a shooting rampage in Norway that killed at least 92 people. Terri Schultz reports Norwegian police say the suspect is cooperating with the investigation,...
It has been a day of bloodshed in Oslo, Norway. At mid afternoon local time, a mass explosion tore apart a government building housing the prime minister's office. At least seven people are dead there. The prime minister was not in the building at th...
There are reports that momentum toward a deficit-cutting deal is building in Washington, but the White House says there's nothing imminent. NPR's Scott Horsley is tracking the negotiations. Scott, What's the status on debt talks? Lakshmi, so far ther...
President Obama is holding separate meetings today with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, as NPR's Mara Liasson reports, to see if there can be a solution to the impasse over the debt ceiling. The two meetings at the White House will d...
There's a new reason for hope in the talks over raising the debt ceiling. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, a bipartisan group of senators has revived the proposal that now has President Obama's blessing. The president says this Senate plan puts lawmaker...
House Republicans are spearheading a bill that they say would cut, cap and balance the federal budget. President Obama says if it gets to his desk, he'll veto it. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports this is all part of the contentious debate over reducing defi...
The phone-hacking scandal in Britain has taken a sudden new twist. NPR's Philip Reeves says the country's most senior police officer has now resigned. The scandal is spreading. Sir Paul Stephenson, head of London's Metropolitan Police， has resigned...
Despite objections raised by China, President Obama welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House today. China had warned meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader could damage US-Chinese relations. Administration officials say the visit shows the presi...
