A short-term approach to the nation's pressing debt limit deadline falls well short of what Washington should be doing. Says President Obama: This notion that we're going to go through a multiyear process instead of seizing the moment now and taking...
The FBI will investigate allegations that Rupert Murdock's News Corp. hacked into the private phone accounts of 9/11 terrorism victims. A law enforcement source tells NPR the inquiry is at an early stage, and investigators are not making any predicti...
A fourth round of debt talks resume[s] this hour at the White House, with the administration saying it's confident, one way or another, lawmakers will vote to raise the nation's debt ceiling before an August 2nd deadline. But as NPR's Scott Horsley r...
Debt talks are under way at the White House for a third straight day with both sides still far apart on reducing deficits and raising the debt limit. But as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the Treasury secretary says he's confident there will be a deal...
President Obama is ratcheting up pressure on Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal on deficit reduction no matter how painful. I'm prepared to take on significant heat from my party to get something done. And I expect the other side should be wil...
Ahead of the resumption of budget talks at the White House late this afternoon, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell is suggesting Congress is virtually certain to raise the nations debt limit in time for an August 2nd deadline. McConnell spoke on F...
Despite threats of retaliation from Muammar Gaddafi, NATO this weekend continued its assaults on government positions inside Libya. Reporting from Tripoli, NPR's Corey Flintoff reports rebels have been trying to push toward the capital city, but they...
Shuttle Atlantis's flight to the International Space Station is unlike any other. This one is historic. This morning, Atlantis lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the last time. NASA's ending the shuttle program so it has more resource...
No breakthroughs yet on raising the debt ceiling. But President Obama calls today's bipartisan meeting at the White House very constructive. NPR's Ari Shapiro has our story. President Obama spent more than an hour meeting with eight congressional lea...
A first for President Obama today when he launched a town hall meeting on Twitter. I'm going to make history here as the first president to live tweet. Jobs and the economy were at center stage. He also reiterated the warning about raising of the deb...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. With less than a month left to raise the debt ceiling, Congress is back at the negotiating table this week. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the Senate had to cancel its 4th of July break to push on with the t...
A British soldier has been killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province. NATO forces found the body after an extensive search this morning. Taliban insurgents claim they executed him. This as General David Petraeus attended a re-enlistment ceremony in Ka...
Thailand will soon have its first woman prime minister. Yingluck Shinawatra addressed her supporters after her party won in a landslide. Her brother Thaksin was prime minister until he was deposed in a military coup in 2006. The Swiss government conf...
President Obama today again urged Congress to consider eliminating some tax breaks as part of an effort to reduce federal debt. Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for agreeing to raise the debt ceiling, but they say they won't consid...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has been freed from house arrest and is no longer on bail. NPR's Margot Adler reports that prosecutors now say there are holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who accus...
