According to congressional budget experts, the price tag of the Senate Finance Committee's proposed health care overhaul plan will be 829 billion dollars over the next ten years. The Congressional Budget Office also said today it projects the latest...
A White House meeting on Afghanistan between President Obama and congressional leaders has wrapped up. The president invited more than thirty members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to discuss current US strategy in the region. Emerging fro...
President Obama made another pitch for his health care overhaul plan today, this time to a group of doctors. Speaking to physicians in the White House Rose Garden, the president said that no one has more credibility with the American people on this...
Insurgents in Afghanistan killed eight American soldiers and two Afghan police officers in a brazen daylight attack in the eastern part of that country this weekend. But President Obama's National Security Advisor, retired General James Jones is dis...
Finance ministers from the US and the rest of the G7 wealthiest nations meeting in Istanbul say the global economy is growing again, but the recovery remains fragile, threatened in part by rising unemployment. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner say...
Plenty of excitement in Rio de Janeiro today, though not so much in Chicago, Tokyo or Madrid, the three other cities that had been in the running to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio beat out surprise finalist Madrid to host the Games after Chicago...
President Obama is calling todays talks between US officials and Iranian diplomats concerning the countrys disputed nuclear program a constructive beginning, though the president also said Iran must match its promises of cooperation with deeds. And...
President Obama meets for several hours this afternoon with military and diplomatic leaders as part of a reassessment of the US strategy in Afghanistan. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. Its a powerful assembly in the situation room as generals, ambassa...
1.The Coast Guard tells federal officials it has spotted debris that could be from a Coast Guard plane that crashed into a Marine helicopter. Cash happened off the coast of San Diego. A search and rescue mission is under way for nine people believed...
1.After months of negotiations House Democrats are finally ready to unveil a health care bill. House speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning a formal announcement tomorrow morning with the measure reaching the House floor next week. 2.The Taliba...
