U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice smiles as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw speaks during a joint press conference in Baghdad's heavily fortified green zone on Monday.
After reporting from Iraq for two years as NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Jamie Tarabay is now embarking on a two year project reporting on America's Muslims. The coverage will take in the country's approx 6 million Muslims, of different ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and the issues facing their daily lives as Americans.
The Trump administration has moved to dismiss the members of the National Science Board, which governs the National Science Foundation. Dismissed members say the agency's independence is threatened.
A Texas legislative commission heard testimony from families of some of the people who died in the 2025 flooding. Owners of the all-girls Camp Mystic also testified about emergency preparedness plans.
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians in the country.