Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama held what was called a working lunch with Afghanistans President Hamid Karzai in Kabul today. Obama says Afghanistan has not gotten enough attention because of what he called the distraction posed by th...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met with US military commanders in eastern Afghanistan today, an area of escalating hostilities that he has said is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration. Obama made a stop en route...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's planned trip to the Middle East drew faint praise today from his Re:publican rival John McCain. Sarah Hulett of Michigan Radio reports. Senator McCain told an audience at a General Motors facility in...
The Food and Drug Administration has lifted its warning on eating fresh tomatoes. Officials say the salmonella outbreak is still ongoing, but varieties of tomatoes on the market now have been given the all-clear. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports. FDA of...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told members of the House Financial Services Committee today that inflation is too high and remains a top priority of the Federal Reserve. The Fed Chairman also acknowledged Americans are hurting whether o...
President Bush briefed reporters this morning on the economy. The president said the economy is strong and growing and that the administration's actions will keep the mortgage industry stable. NPR's Larry Abramson has more. The Treasury and Federal...
Congressional leaders say the Bush administration's plan to shore up mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be on the president's desk as soon as next week. Lawmakers are reacting favorably to the proposal. NPR's Brian Naylor has more. Th...
The White House, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve have announced steps aimed at shoring up confidence in the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The administration is asking Congress to approve...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the leaders of Syria and Lebanon have agreed to re-establish normal diplomatic relations for the first time in years. Sarkozy made the announcement, speaking through a translator after a meeting in Paris. (D'abo...
One of the nation's largest independent mortgage lenders has been taken over by the federal government after determination the California-based thrift was unsound. The decision by the Office of Thrift Supervision comes after efforts by IndyMac to ra...
