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President Bush has chosen Wall Street veteran Henry M. Paulson Jr. to be his third treasury secretary. If confirmed, he would succeed John Snow. The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel tells Steve Inskeep that the Goldman Sachs CEO can make a difference at Treasury by taming the federal budget process and the tending to the value of the dollar.

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.

FBI Director Kash Patel sparked new criticism against his leadership of the bureau after he partied with the U.S. men's hockey team after their Olympic gold medal win.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Elizabeth Tsurkov of the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Foreign Policy about Russia's new top commander in Ukraine, Gen. Dvornikov, who is notoriously ruthless.

The U.S. military is probing the alleged killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha, Iraq. In an apparent response to the accusations, the top U.S. general in Iraq is ordering American commanders to conduct core-values training on moral and ethical standards on the battlefield.

A jury in New York found Genaro Garcia Luna guilty of taking bribes from a cartel. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Maria Hinojosa, founder of Futuro Studios and co-host of the podcast USA V. Garcia Luna.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans argue DA Alvin Bragg's probe is politically motivated and won't stand up in court. Donald Trump loomed over a Republican retreat in Florida.

The Obama administration went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to sell its new Afghanistan policy to lawmakers. At the witness table before Senate and House committees: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen.

Pakistanis vote in a parliamentary election Monday, ending a campaign that has been overshadowed by violence — including the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The vote could empower a new civilian government. But many say they believe the country's army will not go away quietly.

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, allegedly posted classified documents on a private Discord channel where users were fascinated by guns and racist memes.