From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. President Obama is in New Jersey today. He is stumping for Jon Corzine, the only governor seeking re-election this fall. The President called on Democrats to head to the polls on Tuesday. You've had a...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. The chief rival to Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai in that countrys upcoming runoff election, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, is widely expected to pull out of the race, although he will...
A major earthquake in the South Pacific spawned a tsunami that crashed the shore in American Samoa today. There are reports of damage but its unclear whether there are casualties. NPRs Richard Harris reports. The US Geological Survey says a magnitud...
In a move the White House says is an effort to provoke the West -- Iran capped off several days of missile exercises with the launch of a medium-range missile today. Analysts say it could reach Israel as well as US military bases in the Mideast. Add...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is raising the prospect of severe additional sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program following the disclosure of a previously secret uranium enrichment facility. Gates says that facility is the latest example o...
The Obama administration reportedly plans to tell Iran's government in multinational talks next week that it has three months to open its nuclear facilities to inspectors and answer detailed questions about its disputed nuclear program. The New York...
Leaders of the US, Britain and France are demanding an immediate investigation of Irans nuclear program after announcing the discovery of a secret uranium enrichment facility. More from NPRs Scott Horsley. US officials say Iran has been building the...
AColorado man charged with being involved in an alleged bomb plot in the US was in a Denver courtroom this morning. His father was released from federal detention but Najibullah Zazi remains in custody. NPR's Jeff Brady has more. Both men were initi...
Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, President Obama said the world's leaders who have criticized the US for acting on its own need to join him in tackling global problems. At his first address as president to UN attend...
Speaking today at the United NationsClimate Summit in New York, President Obama pledged to make the issue of climate change a key US initiative. President said the nation is determined to act against the threat of global climate change in order to m...
