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Probes of the nation's insurance industry widen, as California joins New York in investigating insurance sales practices. California's insurance commissioner plans to ban brokers from steering customers to certain policies in exchange for hidden commissions. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top military commander in Iraq, says the U.S.-led authority is "way ahead of schedule." And U.S. civilian administrator Paul Bremer says U.S. forces are making progress against guerrilla-type resistance from remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime. But some Baghdadis express dissatisfaction with developments in Iraq. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

U.S. officials in Iraq begin the process of identifying former high-level members of the Baath Party, who are to be excluded from government jobs. But U.S. civilian administrator Paul Bremer says that de-Baathification is a "difficult problem" and that the help of ex-Baath Party members may be needed to restore the country's civil administration. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

The U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia says it will close for at least four days, due to fears of more attacks on unspecified targets following the May 12 suicide bombings in Riyadh. Saudi authorities suspect al Qaeda is responsible for the attacks. And the FBI issues a bulletin warning state and local agencies that the terrorist network could strike in the United States. Hear NPR's Kate Seelye.

An assassination attempt in Baghdad leaves one of three women on Iraq's Governing Council seriously wounded. Aquila al-Hashimi underwent surgery after being shot outside her home, authorities say. She was preparing to leave for New York with an Iraqi delegation that hoped to assume Iraq's United Nations seat. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Guy Raz.

President Bush nominates federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Roberts is a seasoned member of the Washington legal establishment, serving at one time as a clerk for then associate Justice William Rehnquist.

Sandy Berger, President Clinton's former national security advisor, faces an investigation for removing classified documents from the National Archives. Berger, who was reviewing the papers ahead of his testimony before the Sept. 11 commission, says he accidentally removed some notes but didn't violate any laws. Hear NPR's Larry Abramson.

Outcry over the removal of classified documents from the National Archives leads Sandy Berger to step down from an advisory role in the Kerry campaign. Berger, the former national security adviser to President Clinton, has not been charged in the FBI investigation. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's David Welna.

A new report from Pew Hispanic Center this week shows nearly three of 10 new jobs in the United States are going to immigrants -- but despite the new job creation, wages for both Latinos and non-Hispanics are flat. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Roberto Suro, director of the Pew Hispanic Center.

Champion bike racer Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs to win his record seven consecutive Tour de France victories, according to a new book. David Walsh, a sports journalist and author of From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France, talks with Steve Inskeep.