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NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political writer Will Saletan about how Sen. John Kerry and President Bush will slow their campaigning this week to mourn the death of President Ronald Reagan.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports from the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., where President Ronald Reagan's casket will be on view for mourners through Tuesday.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with NPR's Madeleine Brand about services planned this week to honor late President Ronald Reagan.

He is making his writing-directing debut with the new film Saved! The film, centered on an evangelical Christian High School, stars Macaulay Culkin.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with singer-songwriter Patty Griffin in Studio 4A. She and her band also perform songs from Impossible Dream, her latest CD.

Three major inquiries into U.S. intelligence failures -- by Senate and House intelligence committees and the commission investigating the government's response to terrorism before and after the September 11 attacks -- are drawing to a close. Their reports will assess the performance of all American intelligence agencies, but the Central Intelligence Agency is bracing for especially harsh criticism. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

John Servis, trainer of champion thoroughbred Smarty Jones, says the horse's rambunctious attitude and sheer speed set him apart from other horses he's trained. He calls the animal -- which he is preparing for a possible Triple Crown win Saturday at the Belmont Stakes -- the Muhammad Ali of the horse world. Servis speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the possibility of sending a robot to save the Hubble Space Telescope. Without servicing, Hubble will quietly die in orbit in a few years.

Finance ministers from the world's leading industrial nations call for raising oil production to meet current demand and ease pressure on the global economy. Representatives of the Group of 8 were meeting in New York to discuss skyrocketing gas prices. Steve Beckner of Market News International reports.

At least two people are reported killed following a vehicle explosion outside the entrance to Baghdad's so-called Green Zone, where the U.S.-led coalition is based. Meanwhile, the U.S. military says at least 30 fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed in clashes with U.S. forces in Kufa. President Bush outlines his plans for Iraq's future in a speech Monday night. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.