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In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday, President Bush said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was necessary because Saddam Hussein had the capacity to develop nuclear weapons. Bush added he was confident he would be re-elected, and rejected charges, recently revived by Democrats, that he had abandoned his position with the National Guard during the Vietnam War. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Susan Stamberg joins the youngest child of Sir Winston Churchill on a tour of a new Library of Congress exhibit about the British leader. Churchill and the Great Republic explores the prime minister's rise as a great statesman, and his life-long relationship with the United States. See photos and hear excerpts of Churchill's speeches.

Opposition to sex education in high school has galvanized and politically united conservatives. As a result, approximately one third of sex education classes being offered today teach abstinence only. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

Virginia and Tennessee host presidential primaries Tuesday. Virginia offers a complex political picture. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Massachusetts lawmakers suspend debate on amending the state constitution to outlaw same-sex marriage. Lawmakers debated for two days, but failed to come to a compromise that would please both opponents of full marriage rights for same-sex couples and gay rights activists. The constitutional convention will resume March 11. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

Police predict that as the water level drops because of drought, more bodies will be found.

NPR's Bob Edwards talks with The Hill staff writer Jim Snyder, about his recent article "Lobbyists Have Their Feelings Too!"

The recent Massachusetts high court ruling saying the state constitution gives same-sex couples the right to full-fledged marriage has been welcomed by many gays and lesbians. Even so, the obstacles and hurdles ahead make many wonder whether the ruling will ever go into effect. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

President Biden met with the parents of American journalist Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria nearly 10 years ago. He has not been heard from since. Syria has never acknowledged holding him.

A massive car bomb rips through a police station in Iskandariya, a town south of Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens of others, according to hospital officials. U.S. authorities say the victims were all Iraqis, including civilians waiting in line to apply for jobs. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

Music critic Michelle Mercer has a hard time with most of the love songs that flood the airwaves around Valentine's Day. She says they don't express the ambiguousness and ambivalence of real love -- so she set out to find a song that does just that.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the nation's largest labor unions, withdraws its support for Howard Dean, in a major blow to the former Vermont governor's presidential campaign. Meanwhile, the major transit workers' union endorses frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. NPR's Juan Williams talks with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

Ahead of Tuesday's primary vote, Sen. John Edwards is in Madison, Wis., trying to drum up support and votes. Edwards is running a distant second in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, behind frontrunner Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's John McChesney.

Amid continuing violence in Iraq, the struggle continues to establish democratic government. In Baquba, a city about an hour north of Baghdad, elections for district council attract only about two percent of potential voters. NPR'S Emily Harris reports.

A bold and deadly attack on a police station in the Iraqi city of Fallujah frees dozens of prisoners and leaves more than 20 people dead. Gunmen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

The latest polls in Wisconsin show Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts with a commanding lead heading into Tuesday's primary. But many voters say their votes are still up for grabs, and the airwaves are full of commercials for Kerry, Howard Dean and John Edwards. NPR's John McChesney reports.

The California state senate voted to allow people who aren't United States citizens to be police. Some more conservative voices say government authority should be embodied by citizens.

A woman was 13 years old when U.S. soldiers grabbed her birthday cake from a windowsill.

The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Hanna Bergholm, the director of the new horror movie 'Hatching,' in which a girl finds a mysterious egg in the woods and nurtures it until it hatches.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lawrence Gostin, professor of public health law at Georgetown, about the Public Health Service Act — which authorizes the CDC to set measures to combat disease spread.

Florida will no longer participate in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, drawing alarm from doctors and child welfare agencies.

The U.S. is eager for the International Criminal Court to prosecute allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. But it's not a member of the court itself.

The virus is deadly for birds, but humans aren’t necessarily at risk for infection despite one case in Colorado.