NPR 2008-10-24

The Bush administration and Federal regulators are working on a plan to ease pressure on homeowners facing foreclosure. NPR's Giles Snyder has more. A parade of Federal regulators were on Capitol Hill today including Sheila Bair--the Chair of the Fe

NPR 2008-10-26

Asian and European leaders have wrapped up a meeting in Beijing at which they agreed on ways to address the global financial crisis. They planned to present their ideas at a summit to be hosted by the United States next month. NPR's Louisa Lim repor

NPR 2008-07-25

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says Europe needs to help the United States stabilize Afghanistan. Obamas in Berlin where he gave a speech to tens of thousands of people. He says no country can solve challenges like terrorism alone. I

NPR 2009-01-30

Illinois state senators have begun debating the fate of Governor Rod Blagojevich with a vote on whether to remove the governor from office expected shortly. Republican State Senator Dale Righter was among those who said Blagojevich needs to go. This

NPR 2009-02-26

Details of the Obama administration's budget blueprint scheduled to be released tomorrow are beginning to trickle out. Among other things, the plan is expected to set a goal of cutting the blooming budget deficit in half by the end of the president'

NPR 2009-02-27

President Barack Obama today released a more than 3.5-trillion-dollar spending plan that will raise taxes for the richest Americans while also laying the groundwork for universal health care. The plan also forecast the biggest deficit since World Wa

NPR 2008-07-17

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told members of the House Financial Services Committee today that inflation is too high and remains a top priority of the Federal Reserve. The Fed Chairman also acknowledged Americans are hurting whether o

NPR 2008-07-19

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's planned trip to the Middle East drew faint praise today from his Re:publican rival John McCain. Sarah Hulett of Michigan Radio reports. Senator McCain told an audience at a General Motors facility in

NPR 2008-07-20

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with US military commanders in eastern Afghanistan today, an area of escalating hostilities that he has said is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration. Obama made a stop en route

NPR 2008-07-21

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama held what was called a working lunch with Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai in Kabul today. Obama says Afghanistan has not gotten enough attention because of what he called the distraction posed by th

NPR 2008-10-21

It now appears the Bush administration is having a change of heart when it comes to the idea of a second economic stimulus package aimed at boosting the economy. Both Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and President Bush said today that they are more open to

NPR 2008-10-22

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is campaigning in Pennsylvania today. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. Obama has a solid lead in Pennsylvania but McCain is still battling to turn Pennsylvania red. If he is to pull an upset, he'll have to ta

NPR 2008-10-18

US stock markets swung between positive and negative territory dozens of times throughout the day and at the close, the main indices were lower. Traders clearly didn't take the advice of super investor Warren Buffet to buy American stocks. NPR's Joh

NPR 2009-01-18

President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Americans to rely on the same perseverance and idealism that the country's founders showed, as the nation faces the daunting challenges that lie ahead. We are here today not simply to pay tribute to those p

NPR 2008-12-08

Democratic Congressional leaders and White House officials have been conferring again today as they work out final details of a plan to offer emergency short-term federal loans to struggling US automakers. Democratic Senator Carl Lewin of Michigan s

NPR 2008-08-04

Nobel Prize-winning author and famed Russian dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died at the age of 89, according to Russian news media reports. His graphic accounts of the slave labor camps in the former Soviet Union earned him international renow

NPR 2008-07-14

The White House, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve have announced steps aimed at shoring up confidence in the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The administration is asking Congress to approve

NPR 2009-01-10

It will now be up to the Illinois State's Senate to decide whether Governor Rod Blagojevich should be removed from office. That's after State House lawmakers on a vote of 114: 1 voted to impeach the governor who faces federal charges. He allegedly s

NPR 2009-01-14

Hillary Clinton got a warm reception from Senate colleagues today during her confirmation hearing as Secretary of State. She fielded a number of questions but only a few had to do with potential conflicts of interests with her husband, former Presid

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