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The campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are pouring resources into states that may provide them with leverage in key regions. Bush is staking a claim to Minnesota, which he narrowly lost in 2000, while Kerry is attempting to solidify his support in Louisiana. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel, Lawrence Jacobs of the University of Minnesota and John Maginnis, publisher of LaPolitics.com.

U.S. officials in Baghdad announce that military policeman Spc. Jeremy Sivits will be the first to face a court-martial over prisoner abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison. The May 19 proceeding will determine whether Sivits merits a "bad conduct discharge." Observers say the speed with which the charges are being brought reflects the military's desire to put the abuse scandal to rest. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

As President Bush campaigns in the Midwest, he highlights an improved economy but finds he can't ignore the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and Brian Bull of Wisconsin Public Radio.

The Pentagon issues a denial of charges that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld began a secret program to collect intelligence from foreign detainees independently of the CIA. The report, in a New Yorker article by Seymour M. Hersh, describes Rumsfeld approving the use of Special Access Programs personnel for interrogations in Iraq. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and Hersh.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham says he is considering major security reforms at the nation's nuclear weapons facilities -- including creation of a new federal police force and consolidation of stocks of plutonium and uranium. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, critics have questioned whether such facilities are sufficiently protected against terrorism. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Spc. Jeremy Sivits of the 372nd Military Police Company will be the first soldier to face a court-marshal over abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The trial will be held in Baghdad and will be will open to the news media. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The commander of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq says there are no plans to shut down Abu Ghraib prison, where U.S. guards were photographed abusing Iraqi prisoners. NPR's Eric Westervelt visits the prison, where military officials are working to improve conditions.

Officials for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) say they warned U.S. authorities about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners long before recent allegations surfaced. The ICRC confirmed Friday it had warned the Bush administration about allegations of torture last year -- including guards firing from watchtowers at unarmed prisoners and severe beatings of inmates. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Jackie Northam.

A crowd in the hundreds gathers for the Million Moms March on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The turnout was far smaller than the tens of thousands who showed up for the first Million Moms March, four years ago. Organizers downplayed the small size of the crowd -- but they acknowledged these are tough times for gun control. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

Col. Gail Curley, the second woman to hold the position, runs the high court's facilities and is its chief security officer, managing some 260 employees. Now she's also leading a high-profile probe.