After months of partisan gridlock, both houses of the U.S. Congress have approved a bill to raise the federal borrowing limit and cut government spending. Tuesdays 74 - 26 Senate vote came one day after the bill passed in the House of Representatives...
The Democratic Party-controlled U.S. Senate has blocked a plan passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to cut the country's budget and raise its debt ceiling. The vote Friday puts the emphasis on talks between the White House and...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman. Attorney General Eric Holder says he decided to charge the suspect in civilian court in the failed plot to bomb a jet on Christmas Day over Detroit. Holder's remarks about the case are on a letter sent t...
From NPR news in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama is praising Senate Democrats for what he called a big victory for the American people a vote to advance legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. NPR's Scott Horsley repor...
