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After months of speculation, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) makes it official: he's running for president. Obama opened his run for the White House before a large crowd in Springfield, Illinois.

Michele Norris talks with three of NPR's correspondents about various aspects of President Bush's federal budget proposal. Jackie Northam covers defense, Julie Rovner covers health care and Christopher Joyce covers energy issues.

The House holds its third day of debate on a nonbinding resolution opposing the troop increase in Iraq. All representatives have been offered time to speak their minds. Also, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says that the Senate will take a vote Saturday on moving ahead with a debate on a similar resolution.

Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will reduce its troop levels in Iraq. What are the implications of the move for Iraq security and for U.S.-British relations?

A conversation with Army Spec. Mark Wilkerson, who will be sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to leaving his Army unit. Wilkerson went AWOL rather than return to Iraq, then turned himself in last fall.

America is unprepared for the next big catastrophe, whether it's like Sept. 11 or like Hurricane Katrina, the author of a new book says. Stephen Flynn, a former Coast Guard commander, says ports like the giant facility in Los Angeles, are especially vulnerable to attacks or natural disasters.

The United Nations Security Council is about to receive a report on Iran's nuclear program. The watchdog agency is expected to report that Iran has defied a U.N. order to stop enriching uranium.

Despite failing to gather enough votes to debate an Iraq resolution on Monday, senators are still talking about what comes next. But so far, colorful and sometimes accusatory rhetoric has failed to break the impasse.

In the federal perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis Libby, his defense lawyers called some of the nation's best-known journalists to testify. Both Bob Woodward and Robert Novak said it was a State Department official — not Libby — who told them the identity of an undercover CIA operative.

President Bush warns Congress not to contest his authority to prosecute the war in Iraq as he sees fit. Speaking at an hourlong news conference at the White House, the president also touted the latest agreement with North Korea, meant to limit its nuclear weapons program.