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NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and The Washington Post senior editor Steve Coll about the future of the CIA after the agency's embattled director, George Tenet, abruptly announced his resignation. Tenet is expected to leave the post in mid-July.

A Senate intelligence committee report, set to be made public next week, calls for a major overhaul of U.S. intelligence efforts, panel member Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) says. Hagel confirms the CIA has received a copy of the report, but says he doesn't believe it played a part in George Tenet's decision to resign as the agency's director. Hagel speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

All Things Considered remembers Loyd C. Sigmon, who in 1955 invented the "SigAlert" system of messages that warn Southern California motorists about freeway traffic jams. The alerts were meant to draw more listeners to the radio station where he worked. Sigmon died at age 95 on Wednesday.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with historian Robert Dallek, who recalls the memorable events of Reagan's inauguration in 1981. American hostages held by Iran during the last days of the Carter presidency were released as Reagan prepared to enter the White House.

The U.S. Department of Labor announces the addition of nearly 250,000 new jobs in April, marking the ninth sucessive month of U.S. job growth. The Bush administration hails the numbers, but Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry calls the job growth too slow, and notes the nation's overall unemployment rate did not change. Both Democrats and Republicans are touting their rival plans for job growth as the election nears. Hear NPR's Jim Zarroli.

In the hours just after sunrise, Earth's neighboring planet Venus was visible as it passed directly between our planet and the sun. The occurrence is called "transit," and the last time Venus's orbit crossed this route was in 1882. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Dave Eicher, amateur astronomer and the editor of Astronomy Magazine. He traveled to Luxor, Egypt, to get the most prolonged view.

From the outset of his presidency, Ronald Reagan aimed to re-establish a conservative voice on the Supreme Court. He did so by promoting the bench's most conservative justice, William Rehnquist, to chief justice, and appointing leading conservative thinker Antonin Scalia to the court. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Time and Newsweek are using the same exact photograph of President Reagan on their covers this week. Presidential photographer Michael Evans took the picture in 1980, before the Republican National Convention. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Evans.

President Bush hosts a summit of the Group of Eight nations in Sea Island, Ga., this week. Though trade and economic issues are on the agenda, Iraq is expected to dominate the discussions. President Bush is trying to win support from world leaders for a U.N. resolution on the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Many politicians cite the late President Ronald Reagan as a major inspiration for their career choice. Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) was a high school student when he volunteered for Reagan's first campaign for California governor in the 1960s. Paul Begala became active in Democratic Party politics after hearing Reagan speak at the University of Texas in the 1970s. They share their memories with NPR's Susan Stamberg.