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Experts believe that the death of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an air raid Wednesday is a serious blow to the insurgency in Iraq. Alex Chadwick talks to Daniel Byman, director of the Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University and Slate contributor, about the effect that the Jordanian's death will have on the insurgency and the militant Islamist movement around the world.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Christopher Skaluba, head of the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, about NATO as it seeks members amid threats from Russia and challenges from China.

The Federal Reserve has cut the federal funds rate to the lowest level on record. The new target is a range of zero to 0.25 percentage points. The drop in the rate is expected to result in a quick reduction in the prime lending rate.

A pretrial hearing is taking place Tuesday in Miami for the federal case about former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents.

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain can cause fainting, at least in mice.

A Viking replica ship capsized several days into its journey from the Faroe Islands to Norway. Five crew members survived, but researcher Karla Dana, 29, drowned. She was the lone American on board.

As NATO leaders prepare to meet in Washington next week, Ukrainian leaders say they have made huge sacrifices to defend the ideals of the alliance and want a clear path to membership.

Two firefighters were killed Sunday in a northern Idaho mountain community. They were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze started by the gunman.

In a landmark step in the effort to hold Syrian officials accountable for war crimes, a German court convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer and sentenced him to four and a half years in jail.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Vali Nasr, professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about the implications of direct military confrontations between Israel and Iran.