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Speaking to Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, President Bush says "a vise is closing" on Saddam Hussein's regime and that the United States "will not stop until Iraq is free." Bush also offers condolences to families of Marines killed in the war with Iraq. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

One Marine dies and 20 more are wounded in battles on the streets of Baghdad. And more Marines are injured in a suicide bombing. Meanwhile, crowds roam the streets, some looting government offices, others cheering on U.S. troops. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The CDC revises estimates of the number of SARS cases in the United States. The new number is much lower than previous counts, since the CDC no longer includes in the total those "suspected" of having the illness. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

President Bush is expected to name Paul Bremer, a former State Department official, as Iraq's civil administrator. The move could be a sign that Secretary of State Colin Powell's influence over postwar Iraq policy is rising. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

The U.S. Senate releases thousands of pages of transcripts from closed-door hearings held by Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The committee McCarthy chaired in the mid-1950s interrogated political and cultural figures in an anti-Communist crusade. Hear NPR's David Welna.

Thousands of Shia Muslims throng the streets of Basra to welcome back their exiled leader. Ayatollah Mohammad baqir Hakim had spent the last 23 years in Iran. U.S. officials, intent on a secular government for Iraq, are wary of Baqir's influence. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

The U.S. military searches near Karbala for the pilot of a jet fighter shot down by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile. And the Pentagon is probing conflicting reports on the fate of a downed Black Hawk helicopter crew. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.

Retired U.S. Gen. Jay Garner sets up office in Baghdad as Iraq's new civil administrator. Garner says his first priority is restoring basic services such as water and electricity. NPR's Melissa Block talks with NPR's Scott Simon in Baghdad.

Violence erupts in an area of Baghdad populated by poor Shia after a U.S. helicopter flies into a religious banner. The incident shows how fragile relations are between U.S. forces and downtrodden Iraqis. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Democratic presidential candidate Richard Gephardt is campaigning hard in Iowa, a state he won in his unsuccessful bid for president in 1988. The Missouri congressman is tied with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean in recent Iowa polls. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.