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Opposition demands for a new vote in Ukraine's presidential elections are growing stronger but the crisis is far from over. The Supreme Court takes up the issue Monday. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Adrian Karatnytsky of Freedom House, who has just returned from Ukraine.

Congress nears an agreement on a bill to restructure the nation's intelligence-gathering operations. The House passed the measure by a wide margin Tuesday night. The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday. However, even some who backed the bill wonder how it will affect civil liberties. NPR's David Welna reports.

The White House opens a two-day economic conference in Washington Wednesday. Such conferences have become a biennial affair for President Bush, and this year, much attention will be focused on the two big issues the administration has set out for the second term: Social Security and tax reform. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

The state of Ohio remains in dispute, and provisional ballots cast there won't be counted until days after the election. The hard-fought contest for the White House hinges on the state and its cache of 20 electoral votes. NPR's Anthony Brooks is following the story.

Both the House and Senate are debating President Bush's request for $87 billion in additional money for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some lawmakers are trying to convert some of the aid money from outright grants into loans. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

In a month-long series, NPR's Susan Stamberg has examined the nature of power -- power in music, power and military might, and the power of language. Stamberg concludes the series by talking to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about life after power. Listen to previous stories in the series.

President George Bush addresses recent bombings in Iraq during a formal news conference in the Rose Garden, saying he believes foreign terrorists are likely responsible for the attacks. The White House event is the president's tenth full-scale news conference, and the first in recent months. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns a House panel that the rising cost of natural gas could weaken the U.S. economy. Greenspan says more imports may be necessary in the short term to offset the trend toward higher prices. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

Our summer reading series features writer Jonathan Franzen. He's been reading two works of American history: Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution (Random House; ISBN: 0679736883) and Reagan's America (Penguin Books; ISBN: 0140296077) by Garry Wills. He's also going to attempt to read Herman Melville's Moby Dick for the fourth time.

Detroit Tigers play-by-play man Ernie Harwell, baseball's only six-decade broadcaster, will retire at the end of this season -- a date that's uncertain, given the looming player strike deadline. For Morning Edition, lifelong Tigers fan (and NPR White House Correspondent) Don Gonyea looks back at Harwell's history-making career.