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NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Mirette Mabrouk, founding director of the Egypt program at the Middle East Institute, about the recent string of political prisoner releases in Egypt.

The tiny Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting hundreds of Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. His other pastimes include snacking on cheese and napping at press briefings.

As U.S. and British forces battle to topple Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqis in the United States find themselves caught between U.S. intelligence and their own identies as Americans. The FBI is close to completing interviews with about 11,000 Iraqis now living in America as part of its anti-terrorism campaign. Learn more about the nationwide investigation, and see photos of some of the Iraqi Americans questioned by FBI agents.

Idaho voters give GOP Gov. Brad Little the chance for another four years in office, according to the AP. Little faced an insurgent campaign from his far-right challenger, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin.

The debate over immigration has been dominated by politicians, pundits, and activists with differing viewpoints -- we hear from the owner of an L.A.-based garment factory owner who employs 3,800 workers, most of them immigrants.

The Dow fell by more than 1,000 points as retailers' earnings reports reflected difficulty navigating higher prices and supply chain bottlenecks.

Madeleine Brand speaks with Andrew Krepinevich, executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a defense policy think tank in Washington, D.C. They discuss the evolution of strategy on the part of the Iraq insurgency to battle U.S.-led forces.

Jury deliberations continue in the trial against former HealthSouth chief executive, Richard Scrushy. The Washington Post's Carrie Johnson discusses the latest development in the trial. Scrushy is accused of falsifying financial reporting, conspiracy and money laundering and is first major executive to be prosecuted under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

For the second straight day, the debate continues on the Senate floor over the nomination of Priscilla Owen to a U.S. Court of Appeals seat. But the larger fight is over Republican plans to end judicial filibusters altogether -- a move Democrats say would result in a dangerous shift power in the Senate.

Jill Biden's trip to the Slovakia-Ukraine border will be her most high-profile moment yet as first lady. On Mother's Day she meets with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled after Russia's invasion.