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War planners say the ability of Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard to resist the allied ground assault and aerial bombardment will determine the length of the conflict in Iraq. The guard is considered intelligent and adaptive, but some analysts say that without air support, the units are no match for U.S. forces. Hear military analyst Anthony Cordesman.

Continuing to make his response to Sept. 11 a key theme of his re-election campaign, President Bush visits Long Island, where he breaks ground on a memorial to victims of the terrorist attacks. Bush winds up the visit with a fundraiser, as families of Sept. 11 victims continue to criticize his use of the attacks for political purposes. Hear NPR's Robert Smith.

Many American officials and foreign policy experts say the United States has no choice but to stay in Iraq until a stable government is in place. They say pulling out too soon could cause a civil war, create a breeding ground for terrorists and damage American credibility. Now some experts across the political spectrum are challenging that view. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

A pending ballot measure in California would funnel $3 billion over 10 years into embryonic stem cell research. President Bush restricted federal funding for such research three years ago. The California bond measure is largely supported by scientists and affected families; its detractors oppose it on mostly religious or fiscal grounds. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill from advancing Thursday on grounds that it provided insufficient relief.

President Trump won 56% of the state's popular vote in 2016, but recently Democrats have made some ground.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports on this week's Washington visit by new U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan (KOH-fee AN-nan). Washington's choice to replace former Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali will lobby the White House and Congress to pay the one-point-three BILLION dollars the United States' owes to the U-N. Washington previously has refused to pay on grounds that the United Nations is poorly managed, fiscally irresponsible and often does not act in U-S interests.

President Bush today tried to keep the focus on the tax cut plan he will submit to Congress tomorrow. But the shooting just off the White House grounds got most of the media attention. Earlier in the day, top aides to the president had scrambled to deny stories that said they were shutting down White House offices devoted to AIDS research and to promoting better race relations. NPR's White House correspondent Don Gonyea reports.

The ground forces are also getting closer to key Russian supply lines that run from the border to Russian-occupied areas in the Donetsk region.

French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Berlin Saturday to seek common ground on reconstruction efforts in Iraq. A U.S.-sponsored resolution before the United Nations calls for international contributions of troops and money. But France and Germany want a bigger role for the U.N. Hear NPR's Nick Spicer.