Three Republican presidential hopefuls hit the national talk shows and the campaign trail today. NPR's Allison Keyes reports they are trying to catch the frontrunner Mitt Romney before Saturday's primary in South Carolina. The former Massachusetts go...
Evangelical Christian leaders meeting in Texas are throwing their support behind Rick Santorum for the Republican presidential nomination. NPR's Joel Rose reports the attendees are hoping to give Santorum's candidacy a boost heading into the South Ca...
President Obama wants to consolidate six different government agencies that deal with trade and commerce into one. NPR's Scott Horsley reports it's part of a broader streamlining effort for which Mr. Obama is seeking a congressional green light. Pres...
We are seeing US stocks mixed today with investors seeing weaker-than-expected jobs data. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that first-time unemployment claims rose to their highest level in six weeks. The government says 399,000 people applied for unemploym...
The US needs to reward companies for keeping jobs in the United States. That message from President Obama today, he held a meeting this morning at the White House with business executives and cabinet members and the topic was jobs. Mr. Obama says eve...
Voting is underway across New Hampshire for the first-in-the-nation primary. The Republican candidates have spent recent days heavily wooing undecided voters. In Manchester, NPR's Lakshmi Singh encounters some staunch Republicans who say they've been...
Republican presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire are spending the last day before that states primary sparring with each other. Newt Gingrich says he has to take back a pledge to run a positive campaign to protect himself from rivals attacks. Mitt R...
The Iranian government is signaling some willingness to resume nuclear talks with the West. But as NPRs Peter Kenyon reports, at the same time, a conservative Iranian newspaper says Tehran has begun enriching uranium at a new protected underground si...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, urging supporters to go the polls in Tuesday's primary. At the same time, New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports Romneys also looking towards South Car...
President Obama points to December's drop in the unemployment rate as further validation of his economic policies. The economy is moving in the right direction. Were creating jobs on a consistent basis. Were not going to let up, not until everybody w...
The Obama administration is rolling out a new military strategy aimed at absorbing federal budget cuts. NPR's Tom Bowman reports President Obama unveiled a plan today that as the defense secretary noted was inevitable in a changing world. Defense Sec...
President Obama is sidestepping the GOP opposition in Congress to appoint the head of a new consumer protection bureau. Today I'm appointing Richard as America's consumer watchdog. The President speaking about Richard Cordray in Ohio, where the nomin...
The Republican presidential candidates are making one last push for votes in Iowa, where GOP voters will caucus today night in the nation's first presidential contest. NPRs David Schaper is traveling with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign...
In presidential politics, Rick Santorum is spending this last day before the Iowa caucuses trying to keep his momentum going. The latest polls show Mitt Romney is still favored among the GOP candidates, but only narrowly--a margin Santorum is hoping...
Reports from Iran say the navy has test-fired what it calls a medium-range surface-to-air missile. The official news agency says the test was carried out during a military exercise in the Strait of Hormuz, which links the Persian Gulf and the Indian...
