From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The FBI is testing a letter sent to President Obama for the poisonous substance ricin. The letter was intercepted at a mail screening facility. The Secret Service says the letter is similar to those sent...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama has told residents of coastal communities in New Jersey that they are stronger than the super storm that devastated the area last fall. Obama spoke after checking out rebuilding efforts...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama has told residents of coastal communities in New Jersey that they are stronger than the super storm that devastated the area last fall. Obama spoke after checking out rebuilding efforts...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. A nation still at war, as the president puts it, is paying tribute to fallen service members. President Obama honored the war dead this Memorial Day in ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. NPRs Cra...
From NPR news in Washington, im Louis S. In heart hit Moll, Oklahoma today, president Obama got a first-hand look at tornado damage. NPRs Scott Horsely tells us the president met with families who were affected by the storm and pledged that the feder...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Nora Raum. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a commencement address today to the US Military Academy at West Point. He says the volunteer army faces many challenges from within, including suicide, alcoholism and...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Afghan capital is reeling from a Taliban attack near the UN compound today. Local authorities say there were a number of casualties in Kabul. The Syrian government is signalling that it may be willi...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama has delivered a national security speech at a time through disruptions from a member of the audience of the National Defense University today. Obama spoke extensively about drone strikes...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The senior IRS official who weeks ago revealed her unit inappropriately targeted conservative groups is now pleading the fifth. NPR's Peter Overby reports Lois Lerner invoked her right not to testify be...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Emergency workers outside Oklahoma city are racing this hour to find more people who may still be trapped beneath the wreckage of yesterday's menace tornado. They have rescued dozens of people from the...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House says the president's counsel Kathryn Ruemmler alerted some senior staff members after she learned in late April. The inspector general of the Internal Revenue Service was looking into sp...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The senior White House advisor says President Obama did not learn about improper IRS scrutiny of Tea Party groups until the investigation was nearly over. Speaking on FOX News Sunday, Obama Advisor Dan...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The opening of the G8 Summit at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland. Against of the backdrop of lake views, British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the other seven leaders of the worlds wealt...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Apologies on Capitol Hill today from the embattled head of the internal revenue service. As acting commissioner want to apologize on behavior the internal revenue service for the mistakes that we made i...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House remains on the defensive as more questions emerged about a series of controversies. Before the weeks up, President Obama is expected to announce a new person to oversee the internal reve...
