President Bush is promising a smooth transition for the administration of President-elect Barack Obama. Mr. Bush said it would include briefings on issues ranging from national security to the economy and a planned trip to the White House Monday whe...
Some of the results from Tuesday's elections are still being deciphered and analyzed, but there are four Senate races that have yet to be decided. NPR's Ken Rudin has more. In Minnesota with nearly 3 million votes cast, Republican incumbent Norm Col...
The first polls including some in the important battleground states such as Indiana are closing at this hour. Along with Indiana where Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama did some last minute campaigning today, other states whose polls ar...
The presidential nominees have been dashing through key battleground states and hammering familiar campaign things on this final day before the election. John McCain had seven states on his itinerary. Barack Obama had three. During their all-out pus...
The presidential candidates are pulling out all the stops to build support in the final two days of the campaign. Bruce Springsteen played at a rally for Democrat Barack Obama in Cleveland this evening. GOP nominee John McCain was stumping in Pennsy...
Vice President Dick Cheney made a rare campaign appearance to stump for Republicans in his home state of Wyoming. He also voiced his support for GOP presidential candidate John McCain. McCain's Democratic rival Barack Obama was quick to pounce on th...
With the presidential campaign now coming down to a matter of days, the candidates are getting in some last-minute stumping. Republican John McCain has been barnstorming the state of Ohio. At appearance in Columbus, he was joined by California Gover...
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...
The Markets dropped again today. The Dow Jones Industrials fell 3. 5%. The NASDAQ and SP were also down more than 3% today. NPR's Yuki Noguchi has more. A few months ago, a 300-point-drop in the Dow would have been a very bad day, but given the setu...
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...
