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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Judith Yaphe, senior research fellow at National Defense University about the demographic make-up of Iraq, and how that will affect Iraq's future. She says Sunni Arabs account for only about 17 percent of the population. Shia Arabs 60 percent; Kurds -- mostly Sunni -- about 20 percent; and Turkmen only about three percent, though they claim much higher numbers.

Questions about President Bush's time in the Texas National Guard resurface, as the Associated Press reports it has been unable to find military documents to explain gaps in his service. Records released by the Pentagon add new details but don't account for the missing months. Hear NPR's Eric Niiler.

The first public audit of the Coalition Provisional Authority's management of $18 billion of Iraqi funds is due this week. An interim report says CPA accounting practices were prone to error and open to fraud. NPR's Emily Harris reports.

Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's testimony included alarming details about unfettering access by some Twitter employees to high-profile Twitter accounts and the culture at Twitter that allowed these alleged security issues to persist.

Court-appointed defense lawyers begin presenting arguments to spare Zacarias Moussaoui's life. The prosecution rested its case for the death penalty in the sentencing phase of the confessed terrorist's court saga after presenting a series of emotional accounts from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

A new report delivers familiar — but important — data about the nature of childhood around the world.

Glacier National Park boasts some of the darkest skies in the U.S., so it's a perfect spot for a stargazing party at the top of 6,000-foot-tall Logan Pass.

Global organizations have been trying to rein in the abuse that costs governments hundreds of billions of dollars. But the Panama Papers revelations show the extent to which more work is needed.

After hundreds of thousands of RushCard customers were unable to access their money, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday that it's taking "direct action" to "make consumers whole."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about her story that found Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to government officials using a personal email account.