The Republican-controlled House has approved the bill raising the nation's debt limits and containing other provisions. As NPR's @@ reports, that's exactly what president Obama had insisted upon and what many House Republicans had opposed. House Spea...
A proposal to reverse a cut to military pensions in last Decembers budget agreement easily cleared its first procedure hurdle in the senate. As NPRs Ailsa Chang reports many senate Republicans want to see cuts elsewhere in the budget before they vote...
It was a big win for Russia in the new Team Figure Skating Competition at the Olympic Games in Sochi today. NPRs Robert Smith reports on the results. Team Russia took the skating gold. In fact, it is the first gold medal the home country has won so f...
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Another proposal to extend the benefits to the long-term unemployed has failed in the senate. The extension would have lasted three months and cost 6.5 billion dollars. NPRs Ailsa Chang reports the measure failed one vote short of six votes needed to...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel faced with a series of military scandals as ordering Pentagon leaders to review ethics and leadership issues and come up with tangible results. NPRs Tom Bowman has more. The scandals appeared to be popping up almost ever...
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A recent deal with the Justice Department has allowed tech firms to report in greater detail about government surveillance. As NPRs Steve Han explains, Google, Facebook and Microsoft are among tech companies releasing the information. These new, upda...
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California State Water Project says it will provide no water to the states residents and farmers this year. As NPRs Sam Sanders reports, it is the latest efforts to deal with the severe drought. At full capacity, the California State Water Project se...
The State Department says its unlikely to propose keystone XL pipeline would have a big impact on the development of Canadas tar sands. NPRs Elizabeth Shogren reports that assessment comes in the agencys final and environmental review of the project....
North California saw a sputtering over rain this week, though its apparently not enough to make a major difference. As NPRs Richard Gonzales explains, more than a dozen communities and water districts could run out the water within a hundred days. Th...
