From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. A winter storm is covering much of the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states today with a thick blanket of snow. 15-year-old Harrison Wall is shoveling his driveway in Bowie, Maryland. It's pretty light...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. There is no sign that the political gridlock between the White House and Congressional Republicans were clear after today's meeting in Baltimore. That's where President Obama addressed a conference of G...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is on the road repeating his promise to boost job growth and broaden economic recovery. Today, he took his case to a town hall meeting in Tampa Florida. Irresponsibility from Wall Street...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Obama heads to Congress tonight for his first State of the Union address. The economy will dominate but the speech also comes during a difficult time politically for the president. NPR's Don Go...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Giles Snyder. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of General Motor's Saab brand is over. GM says the Dutch carmaker Spyker is buying Saab. Details of the deal are unclear, but the purchase price is reported to be $400...
So far, no survivors have been found and the chances of finding the bodies of more victims today have faded with the daylight. Scenes of anguish developed all day at Beirut's International Airport and at hospitals around the city where remains were t...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The death toll is rising in Haiti. As NPR's Corey Flintoff reports from Port-au-Prince, the Haitian government confirms at least 150,000 people have died since the earthquake struck nearly two weeks ago...
Vice President Joe Biden confirms the Justice Department will appeal a US court's decision to drop manslaughter charges against five former Blackwater guards. The contractors were accused of fatally shooting 17 people including women and children in...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is predicting a fight over financial regulatory reform at a town hall meeting in Elyria, Ohio today. The president said he knows there will be heavy opposition to his plan to tighten rul...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US Supreme Court is allowing corporations to spend however much they want on political campaigns again. Today the nation's high courts struck down a 20-year-old ruling that restricted corporate cont...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. A huge aftershock rocked Port-au-Prince, Haiti today. Frightened people ran screamingly into the streets. NPR's Carrie Kahn is in the Haitian capital and says people won't be able to take refuge in dama...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The US military says another airport will open in Haiti by tomorrow. This will allow rescue teams to bring more help into the earthquake-stricken nation. Supplies have been backed up at the single airpo...
Thousands of Haitian earthquake survivors have been trying to leave Port-Au-Prince today after giving up on waiting for emergency food and water there. Most buses out are packed and some have reportedly doubled their fares. The United Nations World F...
From NPR News in Washington, I am Lakshmi Singh. Five days after the earthquake in Haiti, search and rescue teams continue to look for survivors. NPR's Jackie Northam is traveling with a rescue convoy about 40 miles outside the Haitian capital. She s...
From NPR News, in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Frustration is mounting in the Haitian capital where millions of earthquake survivors are spending a fourth day without fresh food, water or medicine. Many are also working alongside international resc...
