Iraqi workers today use huge cranes to put up concrete walls around the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings targeted in suicide truck bombings that killed nearly 100 people three days ago. The move to reinforce Baghdad institutions is a...
President Obama is praising the Afghan people for heading to the polls in yesterday's presidential election, despite threats of violence by the Taliban. This election was run by the Afghan people. In fact, it was the first democratic election run by...
The Obama administration has confirmed plans to bring an end to the popular Cash for Clunkers program. In a statement, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says there's enough money to continue accepting submissions until the deadline this Monday eve...
At least 95 people were killed in a series of bomb blasts in Baghdad today, hundreds were wounded. It was Iraq's bloodiest day of the year so far. In Washington, the Obama administration condemned the violence. NPR's Brian Naylor reports. The blasts...
President Obama met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the White House today to discuss the possibility of restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. After their meeting, Mr. Obama expressed cautious optimism. There has been movement in the r...
President Obama says US military operations in Afghanistan are crucial to national security. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al-Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a w...
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is indicating that the administration may have backed away from its insistence on a government insurance entity to help cover the tens of millions of Americans who do not currently have health...
A suicide bomber triggered a powerful blast outside NATO headquarters in Afghanistan's capital today. At least seven people were killed and nearly 100 others were injured. The Taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. NPR's Jackie Northam r...
President Obama traveled to Montana today to promote his administration's health care initiative, telling an audience at a town hall meeting there that the news media may have bear some of the blame for overemphasis on scenes of angry protesters at...
The number of US households in some stage of foreclosure took another bump-up in July. The group RealtyTrac which maintains an extensive database of foreclosure activity nationwide says foreclosure filings last month were up 7% from the previous mon...
