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The Dow fell by more than 1,000 points as retailers' earnings reports reflected difficulty navigating higher prices and supply chain bottlenecks.

Madeleine Brand speaks with Andrew Krepinevich, executive director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a defense policy think tank in Washington, D.C. They discuss the evolution of strategy on the part of the Iraq insurgency to battle U.S.-led forces.

For the second straight day, the debate continues on the Senate floor over the nomination of Priscilla Owen to a U.S. Court of Appeals seat. But the larger fight is over Republican plans to end judicial filibusters altogether -- a move Democrats say would result in a dangerous shift power in the Senate.

Jury deliberations continue in the trial against former HealthSouth chief executive, Richard Scrushy. The Washington Post's Carrie Johnson discusses the latest development in the trial. Scrushy is accused of falsifying financial reporting, conspiracy and money laundering and is first major executive to be prosecuted under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Jill Biden's trip to the Slovakia-Ukraine border will be her most high-profile moment yet as first lady. On Mother's Day she meets with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled after Russia's invasion.

The Federal Reserve is meeting in Washington to discuss what to do with the sluggish economy. Analysts believe the Fed will take action, but some economists wonder if it will have an effect — or even be counterproductive.

The company "will finally be held accountable for creating the youth vaping epidemic," the advocacy group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes told NPR. Juul said it plans to fight the decision.

The Biden administration is starting a process that could change how the U.S. census and federal surveys produce racial and ethnic data that is used for redistricting and civil rights enforcement.

Allison Pearson follows up I Don't Know How She Does It with I Think I Love You, a screwball comic novel about the lengths a girl will go to for her teen idol.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Steve Hendrix, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The Washington Post, about the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.