From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Flanked by lawmakers in red and blue ties, President Bush today signed into the law a 152-billion-dollar economic stimulus package in the East Room of the White House, NPR's David Nogueras reports. Presid...
From NPR News in Washington, I am Carl Kasell. Voters in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia are next up to have their say in the presidential nomination race. They go to the polls today. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. While Washington D....
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Iraq, he prays the U.S. Troops there for bringing about what he describes as a remarkable change that Al-Qaeda has been routed and violence of all kinds has been dramat...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Illinois Senator Barack Obama swept all the Democratic contests yesterday. He won caucuses in Nebraska, Washington State and the Virgin Islands and the Louisiana primary. From New Orleans, NPR's Greg Allen...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Four states are holding presidential nominating contests today. Nebraska, Kansas, and Washington State are holding caucuses, and as NPR's Greg Allen reports Louisiana is holding its presidential primary. L...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. In Pakistan, British investigators have released their findings on the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. A Scotland Yard team found that Bhutto was killed for the impact of a suicid...
From NPR news in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. Officials say the strong storms and tornadoes that killed 55 people this week in several states including Tennessee and Arkansas were the deadliest in more than two decades. Dozens of tornadoes swept acro...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder Millions of voters went to the polls in races across the country on Super Tuesday, but the race for the Democratic presidential nomination remains close. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both say their t...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Today is the busiest primary election day in U.S. history. A huge number of delegates are at stake for the presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle. Voters on the Super Tuesday will go to the...
Fans took to the streets of Manhattan last night as the New York Giants managed to pull off one of professional football's biggest upsets. The Giants shocked the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in the Super Bowl by beating the Pats 17 to 14...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. France has begun evacuating foreigners from the Chadian capital N'Djamena after a rebel offensive on the city that began yesterday. Chad's president appears to have rejected an offer of safe passage ou...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Rebel forces in Chad say they've entered the outskirts of the capital after heavy fighting with government troops. A French news agency says the sound of intense gunfire can be heard from the city cent...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. At least 55 people are dead today after two suicide bombings at popular outdoor pet markets in Baghdad. At least 100 people were hurt. Here is Greg Smith with more. Just around 10:30 this morning, apparen...
Republican presidential hopefuls debated at the Reagan Library in California yesterday and sparks flew between Mitt Romney and John McCain. Romney said McCain's positions on taxes and campaign finance show he is not a true Conservative. 'He voted tw...
