Israel Defends Actions in Deadly Raid
In a statement today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticism related to Monday’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, saying Israel has the right to inspect ships bound for...
View ArticlePresident Obama Talks Economy and Oil
President Barack Obama spoke about the economy during aspeech at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania today, outlining ways to put the nation back "on a sustainable path."Amidst anger over the...
View ArticleJail Population Decline is a First
The nation's local jail population is declining for the first time since the government began counting. The Bureau of Justice Statistics released the report; the federal agency has been surveying...
View ArticleOil Spill Reaches Florida
The nation's worst oil spill has reached the coast of Florida. The Associated Press reports tar balls washing ashore on several beaches along the panhandle today as President Obama arrived for his...
View ArticleActivists Send Second Ship to Gaza
An Irish aid ship set sail today from Cyprus and is headed to Gaza with thousands of tons of aid and pro-Palestinian activists on board -- among them Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Corrigan. It...
View ArticlePossible Settlement for 9/11 Workers
A federal judge has signed a revised legal settlement for ground zero workers that could pay them as much as $712.5 million.The Associated Press reports the plaintiff's lawyers have also agreed to...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Rules Survive Senate Vote
The Senate has rejected a Republican-led bid to stop the Obama administration from imposing new regulations on greenhouse gases.The legislation would have denied the Environmental Protection Agency the...
View ArticlePelosi Favors Lifting Cap on Company Liability
At a news conference today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said oil companies that cause major spills like BP should face unlimited liability for economic damages.The Senate is considering a bill to...
View ArticleNY's New Spending Bill Vote Set for Monday
Gov. David Paterson's latest emergency spending bill is calling for more than $300 million in spending cuts. A vote on the bill is scheduled for Monday and may result in a state government shut down....
View ArticleKagan Completes Day One of Hearings
U.S. Solicitor General, Elena Kagan has completed day one of the confirmation hearings for her nomination to the Supreme Court. President Obama nominated Kagan for Supreme Court Justice following the...
View ArticleSenate Questions Kagan in 2nd Day of Hearings
After many hours, Elena Kagan's second day of confirmation hearings for her nomination to the Supreme Court came to a close, just after 7:00 Tuesday night.She received praise from some Senators and...
View ArticlePetreaus is Confirmed; Afghan War Ramps Up
The Senate has unanimously confirmed General David Petraeus as the next commander of the war in Afghanistan.The 99-0 vote followed a confirmation hearing held yesterday with the Senate Armed Services...
View ArticleKagan Moves Closer to Confirmation
Elena Kagan is one step closer to her Supreme Court confirmation as her third and final day in the witness chair came to a close Wednesday.The Democrats dominated questions in the morning and...
View ArticleFourth Day of Kagan's Hearings Begins
Witnesses begin to testify for and against Elena Kagan today in the fourth day of Supreme Court Justice confirmation hearings.The day got off to a late start due to a memorial for the late Senator...
View ArticleSome Republicans Line Up Against Kagan
After four days of confirmation hearings, the vote may fall along partisan lines for Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan.Republican Senators are lining up to say they'll vote against her. The latest...
View ArticleObama Appoints Medicare Chief
President Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed healthcare expert Donald M. Berwick to run Medicare and Medicaid programs.The Washington Post reports these two programs have not had an administrator...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Kills Pilgrims in Baghdad
A series of attacks by Iraqi militants hammered Baghdad today killing more than 50 people.The Associated Press reports the deadliest attack occurred in Azamiyah, Baghdad, a predominantly Sunni...
View ArticleObama Approves $600 Million for Border Security
President Barack Obama signed a $600 million border security bill into law that will put more agents and equipment along the U.S. - Mexico border.The Associated Press reports the measure will fund the...
View ArticleSoprano Joan Sutherland Dies at 83
Dame Joan Sutherland, known fondly as "The Stupendous One" and one of the most admired sopranos of the 20th century has died in Switzerland, TheAssociated Press reports. Sutherland was given the name...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to talk about the potential suspension of foreclosures after Bank of America's confession to a paperwork mess....
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Brian Zumhagen to talk about whether or not it's the best thing for Obama if Democrats hold their majority in the House....
View ArticleFrance Receives Threats from Al Qaeda
France's interior minister says there is a "real" threat against French citizens, after hearing an audio recording on Wednesday sent to France from Al Qaeda, the Associated Press reports.Brice...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the interception of package bombs mailed from Yemen and what this tells us about the small country....
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss President Obama's trip to India and how things might be different for him after an election upset last...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss how President Obama did at the G-20 Summit last week in South Korea. They also take a look at the...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss a surprising new nuclear plant in North Korea and why the U.S. is concerned about it. Sanger also...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan from China. They discuss China's reaction to the Wikileaks and the growing tension between China and the United...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, and WNYC's Kerry Nolan take the pulse of Washington after President Obama's tax-cut compromise was announced last week. They also...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the Congressional lame duck session -- what's happened and what to expect before the end of the year....
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, has been doing the WQXR's Washington Report for over a decade. In the last episode of the year, he discusses what's been surprising...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan from China this week to discuss Secretary of Defense Robert Gates notable visit to Beijing. He also talks about...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss China's President Hu Jintao's visit to the White House this week, in a time when China's economy is...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss what we can expect from Tuesday's State of the Union Address. Sanger weighs in on the President's tough...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the protests in Cairo, Egypt. For a week now, protesters have been calling for the resignation of...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the continuing protests in Egypt and how things have shifted since Sunday's talks lead by Vice...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, as well as the final, tense call between President...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins Kerry Nolan to discuss continuing protests in the Middle East region. Bahrain has gone from shooting protesters to...
View ArticleWQXR's The Washington Report
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, joins WQXR's Liz White to talk about the continued uprising in Libya. This weekend, NATO allies discussed the creation of a no-fly...
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