Congress has cleared three major items off its to-do-list. NPRs Tamara Keith reports both the House and Senate today passed a measure combining the highway bill, a long-term flood insurance extension and another year of reduced student loan interest...
The administration's historic health care law that has been under attack since day one has survived the US Supreme Court. In a five-to-four ruling, the court announced today that the Affordable Care Act, including its individual insurance mandate, we...
A fast-moving wildfire is spreading into the Colorado Springs city limits. More than 32,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. At least six subdivisions have been included, officials say, along with residents of the Air Force Academy. And Colorado...
A major boost today for the Obama administration. A federal appeals court has endorsed the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to rein in greenhouse gases. NPR's Elizabeth Shogren reports the court's unanimous opinion could be seen as a victory...
Supporters and opponents of the Arizona immigration law are claiming victory in a Supreme Court ruling today. The court said local law enforcement may not arrest illegal immigrants, and the state may not make it a crime for immigrants to work without...
There is a state of emergency in Louisiana, with Governor Bobby Jindal advising a strengthening tropical storm could flood low-lying coastal areas. Meanwhile, forecasters say Tropical Storm Debby will continue to move slowly through the Gulf of Mexic...
Jurors deliberating the child sexual abuse case of Jerry Sandusky had their differences, but were committed to a fair outcome, according to one member of the jury. Joshua Harper told NBCs Today Show that the evidence against the former Penn State ass...
President Obama's aides are hoping to draw far more Latino votes this election year than in 2008, and his appearance in central Florida today may have helped. He spoke of economic and education equality in his address to the National Association of L...
US stocks spiraling down on a wave of more disappointing economic reports out today. At last glance, the Dow was off 207 points at 12,617, down more than 1.5%, NASDAQ off now nearly 2% at 2,872, and the SP 500 down 1.8%; it is at 1,331. Manufacturing...
US stocks are turning lower. Investors, moreover, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's more cautious assessment today of the US's economy growth. Unemployment is still too high, but it has come down. It was about 10% at the peak, and it's now clos...
J.P. Morgan Chase maintains the bank was upfront with investors about its two billion dollar plus trading loss, though its under investigation by federal regulators. For the second time in less than a week, CEO Jamie Dimon has testified before a cong...
President Obama says the latest parliamentary vote in Greece offers a positive prospect for restoring financial confidence in euro. NPRs Scott Horsley reports Europe is the main focus of an economic summit meeting that Mr. Obamas attending in Mexico....
The first exit polls in closely watched elections in Greece show the conservative and the radical leftist parties are very close. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Athens. Six major polling companies issued their first exit polls showing the conserv...
The Mitt Romney bus tour is in Pennsylvania today. The Republican presidential candidate is visiting smaller cities and towns in six states. Here hes in Weatherly at the Weatherly Casting and Machine Company, about 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia....
President Obama is halting the deportation of as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants under the age of 30. Let's be clear. This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It's not a permanent fix. This is a temporary...
