Week In Politics: Unemployment Rate, Primaries

Audie Cornish talks to our regular political commentators — E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of the New York Times — about the new unemployment figures and the presidential primary race.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146362916/week-in-politics-unemployment-figures-republican-primaries?ft=1&f=1014

al sharpton

Reports: Pakistan Supports Taliban In Afghanistan

Media reports say Afghans are braced for a return of the Taliban once NATO forces leave the country. A classified NATO report was leaked to the BBC and The Times of London which further documents what has been said for a long time: Pakistan is actively supporting the Taliban insurgency.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146188101/reports-pakistan-supports-taliban-insurgency?ft=1&f=1004

newt gingrich

Romney Rules In First Mega-State, But Warning Flags Fly Over Florida Results

ANALYSIS: Despite a sweeping victory, it was not all sweetness and light for Mitt Romney in the Sunshine State. Lacking a hero, many conservatives may have stayed home. Turnout this year was down from the primary of 2008 by 10 percentage points, more than 280,000 votes.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/01/146181318/romney-rules-in-first-megastate-but-warning-flags-fly-over-florida-results?ft=1&f=1014

barak obama

U.S. And Iran, A Decade After 'Axis' Declaration

Ten years ago Sunday, President George W. Bush announced that Iran, Iraq and North Korea were "the axis of evil." Now, American-Iranian relations may be at their lowest level since the Islamic Republic was born. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mike Shuster and Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/01/29/146051957/u-s-and-iran-a-decade-after-axis-declaration?ft=1&f=1004

bill oreilly

National Park director defends Occupy DC campsite at congressional hearing

The head of the National Park Service defended his decision to let Occupy protesters camp out in a park in the middle of Washington, D.C., as House Republicans on Tuesday questioned why an exception had been made for a group that for all intents and purposes is camping, not protesting.


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/XiFYEoQeHNI/

newt gingrich