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In the early months of the Bush administration, momentum was gaining to liberalize immigration laws for Mexican workers. Interest cooled after the Sept. 11 attacks, but now some officials are again considering a guest worker program. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem on the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak's popularity has dropped following more than two months of violent clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, and his coalition government has seen its power erode. Still, the resignation is thought to be a tactical maneuver on Barak's part, which could help clear the way for him to run for re-election.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports Israeli helicopters rocketed Palestinian police and security offices across the Gaza Strip Monday, in retaliation for the roadside bombing of an Israeli bus that left two dead and several others wounded, including schoolchildren. The Palestinian Authority and Yasser Arafat's Fateh faction denied responsibility for the bombing, but a senior Israeli official said the "Palestinian military establishment" was linked to the attack.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports a car bomb exploded in Jerusalem today just as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were preparing to make simultaneous public announcements about a new agreement aimed at ending the five weeks of clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

Some analysts argue that abuses at Abu Ghraib stemmed from confusion over the legal status of Iraqi prisoners. Jennifer Ludden takes a closer look with John Yoo, a former Justice Department legal counsel who helped write the so-called "torture memos," and Karen Greenberg, editor of The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden discusses the impact of the Iraq war and other aspects of Bush administration foreign policy with three foreign journalists: Ian Black of The Guardian, Matthias Rub of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Hisham Melhem of the Lebanese paper As-Safir.

Former sailors on the USS Forrestal want to stop the aircraft carrier from being sunk or sold to another country. They hope to turn it into a museum instead. In 1967, a fire killed 134 sailors aboard the vessel. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Ken Killmeyer, a historian who served on the carrier.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden is joined by Randy Cohen, who writes The Ethicist column in The New York Times magazine. A listener is concerned about the ethics of using the bcc or "blind copy" function of e-mail. She asks: is it ever acceptable to keep some of your correspondents in the dark about who's in on the conversation?

Alexis Sinduhije, a Burundian journalist, will receive an International Press Freedom Award this week from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Sinduhije is the founder of Radio Publique Africaine, a radio station that has brought together Hutu and Tusti reporters. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Sinduhije.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with NPR's Joe Palca about recent advances in the field of cloning. In 2004, South Korean scientists successfully cloned a human embryo and extracted stem cells from it. Scientists hope to use embryonic stem cells to develop therapies for diseases like diabetes or Parkinson's.