The US House passed a broad 50-billion-dollar income tax relief package today, including incentives for alternative energy production. NPR's Debbie Elliott has more. The bill extends popular and non-controversial tax incentives, ranging from expense...
Polls have closed in Kentucky at this hour with voters there casting ballots in the state's primary. Up for grabs are a total of 51 convention delegates. Based on exit polls and early returns, NPR is now projecting Hillary Clinton is the winner of t...
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is accusing Barack Obama of understating the threat posed by Iran. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. John McCain took time out from an economic speech in Chicago to criticize remarks made by Barack Obama ove...
President Bush insisted again today that a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord can be hammered out before he leaves office. Mr. Bush tried to allay Palestinian concerns that he is favoring Israel in the stalled Middle East peace process. Israel must ma...
Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is said to be alert and speaking with relatives at a Boston hospital, where he's undergoing tests after suffering a seizure at the family compound on Cape Cod. Shannon Mullen at member station WBUR has...
President Bush's request to Saudi Arabia to increase oil production has been rebuffed. Mr. Bush spent the day out of public view meeting with Saudi's King Abdullah about soaring gas prices and other issues. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from the Saud...
For a crowd of 150 people waiting outside the California Supreme Court today in San Francisco, it was an emotional moment .The crowd erupted with cheers when word came down that the state court, on a four-to-three vote, had decided to overturn a sta...
John Edwards has made it official. The former presidential contender and one-time challenger to Barack Obama, announcing that he will throw his support behind the current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Edwards made the anno...
The death toll in Chinas earthquake now stands at nearly 12,000. Thousands of people remain missing. So, that number is certain to rise. Today, bodies covered with sheets line the streets as rescue workers continue to dig through schools and homes t...
In China, state media report upwards of 10,000 people were killed in Monday's powerful earthquake. The quake struck in mid-afternoon when schools and offices were full. NPR's Laura Sydell reports from Shanghai. In some areas of Sichuan Province, eig...