From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. President Bush and Democratic congressional leaders are at odds over legislative priorities. That is after the House rejected the president's attempt to force a vote on a controversial trade deal with Co...
Iraqs cabinet has taken action to try to isolate radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The cabinet gave preliminary approval today to a measure barring political parties that have militias, such as his, from participating in upcoming parliamentary...
A UN peacekeeper was killed in Port-au-Prince this afternoon, hours after Haitian lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Jacques-douard Alexis, following days of deadly violence over soaring food prices. President Rene Preval said he'd immediately move to...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that radical cleric Shiite Muqtada al-Sadr will not be treated as an enemy of the US if he plays a non-threatening role in Iraqi politics. Gates comments come at a time the US and Iraqi forces have been figh...
American Airlines which for a third straight day cancelled hundreds of flights as it carries out inspections of its MD-80 jetliners said today it hopes to be able to resume normal operations by the weekend. So far, the nations largest airline has to...
Day two of testimony by the nations top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus told the House lawmakers while Iraqi security forces did well in recent fighting in Basra, he said overall theyre what he called a mixed bag. Petraeus also to...
The top US general in Iraq has been spending the day getting grilled by lawmakers on Capital Hill. General David Petraeus told members of Senate committee today he thinks there should be a pause in troop withdrawls this summer in order to reassess t...
From NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Senator John McCain says Democrats who offer a quick withdrawal from Iraq are not being honest about the consequences of defeat there. McCain spoke to a group of veterans at the National World War I Museu...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Rocket attacks on Baghdad's Green Zone and a US military base in the city have killed 3 American soldiers and wounded more than 30 others. It was one of the deadliest attacks on US forces in Iraq in we...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Bush has opened the final summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russia's Black Sea coast at a tense time in relations between the two countries. But there was no sign of tro...
Transcript From NPR news in Washington I am Jack Speer. The Labor Department today reported the biggest monthly job loss in five years. The unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in March. NPRs Chris Arnold reports. The report was worse than expected, down...
Transcript From NPR news, in Washington, I am Jack Speer. Georgia and Ukraine may not have formally got on the path toward NATO membership today, but the alliance did pledge eventual membership for the two ex-Soviet states. And Bush administration o...
Transcript From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Congress today, the economy may contract in the first half of 2008. He largely stayed away from using the term recession however, he did not...
From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. Top leaders in the Senate under increasing pressure to do something about the rising number of foreclosures in the housing market opted to put aside some of their differences today and get moving on a pl...
From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. It's being described as an important first step by some while others like the head of Senate Banking Committee Connecticut lawmaker Chris Dodd are calling it a wild pitch. It's not even close to the stri...
