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Senate Apologizes For Slavery

In a resolution passed Thursday, the Senate acknowledges "the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws." The resolution also makes clear it cannot be used to support reparations for slavery.
Posted: 06/18/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama Pitches Plan To Overhaul Financial System

President Obama unveiled Wednesday a plan to overhaul regulation of the nation's financial institutions. Blaming a culture of irresponsibility on Wall Street, Main Street and in Washington for the current economic crisis, Obama also said the government had to do more to protect consumers.
Posted: 06/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Senate Considers Health Care Legislation

Overhauling the nation's health care system has been a topic of debate for years — on the campaign trail, on Capitol Hill and around kitchen tables. A Senate committee took the first formal step Wednesday toward crafting legislation to do so.
Posted: 06/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama Extends Benefits To Gay Federal Workers

President Obama signed a measure Wednesday, giving gay and lesbian employees of the federal government a few of the benefits that married couples get. But the move may do little to appease the growing anger that the president has not made good on his campaign promises to the gay community.
Posted: 06/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama's Plan Falls Flat With Many Economists

Economists across the political spectrum say they're disappointed with the president's mixed-bag proposal to overhaul financial regulation. Some say it will stifle innovation; others, that it could create new accountability concerns.
Posted: 06/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama Lobbies AMA On Changes To Health Care

President Obama's plans for overhauling health care got a checkup from the nation's doctors on Monday. Members of the American Medical Association cheered Obama when he called for a system that would allow them to spend more time treating patients and less time processing insurance forms.
Posted: 06/16/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Iran Braces For More Violent Clashes Postelection

Tehran is bracing for more demonstrations after hundreds of thousands of marchers took to the streets to protest agast the official results of last week's presidential elections. Many in the crowd recalled the street demonstrations of 1978, which eventually forced the Shah of Iran to abdicate in favor of what became the Islamic revolution.
Posted: 06/16/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Muslims Face Risk In Giving To Charities

After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the government suspected that some Muslim charities were funneling donations to terrorist groups like al-Qaida. Anyone who donated to those charities could be accused of giving material support to terrorists. As a result, many Muslims abandoned their religious commitments to charity, one of the five pillars of Islam.
Posted: 06/16/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Obama: Nuclear-Armed N. Korea Is 'Grave Threat'

President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, meeting at the White House, agree that a new U.N. resolution seeking to halt North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles must be fully enforced.
Posted: 06/16/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Controversy Over Vote Continues In Iran

Violence and controversy continue to ripple through Iran in the wake of the disputed presidential election. On Sunday, runner-up Mir Hossein Mousavi lodged a complaint with Iran's top court, asking that the results be overturned. A victory rally for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad drew tens of thousands, and at a news conference, the incumbent president defended the vote. Guest host Guy Raz rounds up the latest from Tehran and from Washington, D.C., where Vice President Biden gave a cautious U.S. reaction.
Posted: 06/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State, With Conditions

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state for the first time Sunday — but with some strict restrictions. He also expressed support for Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a clear challenge to the Obama administration.
Posted: 06/14/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines