A solemn homecoming today outside Washington D.C., the remains of four Americans killed in Libya will return to the U.S. today. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were on hand for the ceremony at Joint Base Andrews. As NPR's Miche...
US stocks are up sharply on word that the Federal Reserve will roll out aggressive measures to stimulate the economy. Before the close, Dow was up 207 points at 13,540. NPR's John Ydstie says the next round of bond buying will be different. The Fed h...
Flags are lower and security is heightened at U.S. installations around the world in response to yesterday's anti-American unrest in Egypt and Libya. A violent protest against obscured anti-Islamic film in the U.S. erupted first at the U.S. Embassy i...
Poignant public and private moments are marking the remembrances on this 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. NPRs Craig Windham reports President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among those who gathered for a ceremony at the Pent...
Chicago school buildings opened a few hours today, so children who needed breakfast and lunch could get the meals. But there is no instruction. Chicago teachers began a strike today as talks between their union and the city failed to reach new contra...
President Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are speaking out this weekend. Mr. Romney is focusing on potential cuts in defense spending. These could happen if President Obama and congressional Republicans cannot reach a new budget deal. As N...
The presidential candidates are campaigning for votes in key swing states today. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is in Virginia. He says President Obamas economic plan for the US is an utter failure. With the unemployment level having stu...
The jobs picture doesn't appear to be much better than it was a month ago, even though the unemployment rate has dropped to 8.1%. NPR's Dave Mattingly reports the decline is being attributed to more people giving up their job search. When those witho...
Anticipation is building in Charlotte, North Carolina, where President Obama delivers his acceptance speech tonight at the Democratic National Convention. But it won't be happening in a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium, because of chance of thunderstorms....
President Obama has just arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, a day before he delivers his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. But tonight, all eyes will be on the president's former political adversary, a now staunch supporter,...
Thousands of delegates are preparing for tonight's big event in North Carolina, where the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte will be called to order in about an hour. But there was some tension near the site between police and protestors, tw...
On the eve of the Democratic national convention, the Obama campaign has tried to make the case that the country's economy is better off today than it was nearly four years ago. In his speech to the United auto Workers Union in Toledo, Ohio earlier t...
This is week is the democrats turn. They hold a national convention in Charlotte North Carolina beginning Tuesday. What do?? they hope to accomplish? Maryland governor Martin OMalley is head of the democratic governors association. He told CNN they i...
What's left of the Hurricane Isaac is moving into the middle west. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain and possibly tornados. Farmers will welcome the rain, the middle west has been suffering from the worst drought in fifty years. Meanwhile, re...
President Obama is promising to all ways [always] look out for America's troops echoing that message today at Fort Bliss, Texas. Two years ago, he visited Bliss, today[that/the day] he announced an end to the US combat role in Iraq while(when) he's p...
