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The Bush administration makes its first detailed security offer to North Korea, as negotiations resume on that country's development of nuclear weapons. Under the plan, North Korea would receive aid if it agrees to dismantle its program. The United States would also provide assurances that it won't invade the North or overthrow President Kim Jong Il. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Key documents are missing from the batch of newly declassified documents the White House released this week on its policies on torture and the treatment of prisoners, critics say. Absent are any memos to and from the FBI and CIA and any documents dated after April 2003. No documents address the State Department's concern over the Bush administration's interpretation of the Geneva Conventions. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on a case that mixed presidential power, international relations and the death penalty. The justices said President Bush overstepped his authority when he tried to order Texas to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder.

British officials are fuming about U.S. leaks of the terror probe. Rachel Martin talks to Matt Tait, CEO of U.K.-based Capital Alpha Security, who says the close intelligence relationship has soured.

The Ohio Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on whether or not voters will get a chance to decide to make it harder to change the state's constitution. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss what is at stake.

Meng Wanzhou was detained during a layover in Vancouver. The U.S. government says a subsidiary of Huawei violated U.S. sanctions with Iran, and that the company deceived financial institutions.

For the first time in 36 years, four American women — Madison Keys, Venus Williams, CoCo Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens — are in the U.S. Open Semifinals. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to former pro tennis player and ESPN commentator Pamela Shriver about the significance of this open.

Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Charles Maynes in Moscow about ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Russia as the countries close diplomatic posts.

Nuclear power is carbon-free and remains the source of about 20 percent of U.S. electricity. But natural gas, wind and solar are often cheaper, and unprofitable reactors are being shut down.

The Commerce Department says it will ban all U.S. business transactions with Chinese-owned apps WeChat and TikTok. The parent company ByteDance is under pressure to sell TikTok to a U.S. company.