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President Obama unveiled Wednesday a plan to overhaul regulation of the nation's financial institutions. Blaming a culture of irresponsibility on Wall Street, Main Street and in Washington for the current economic crisis, Obama also said the government had to do more to protect consumers.

For the first time in six years, Baghdad and other Iraqi cities are almost completely free of U.S. combat troops. Iraq's government declared a national holiday to celebrate the occasion, but a deadly car bomb in the city of Kirkuk provided a grim reminder of the challenges ahead.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota about which medications are up first to have their prices negotiated, and when will the new prices kick in.

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026. In the meantime, drugmakers are fighting the negotiations with lawsuits.

The financial crisis has its own language, and some of it is quite colorful. "Baked in the cake" and "dead cat bounce" are just some of the terms you'll hear in the business news these days.

In the fourth formal news conference of his presidency, President Obama said he was "appalled and outraged" by Iran's violent reaction to protests, but he resisted describing potential consequences for the regime's actions. Obama also talked about the cost of health care reform and the role of a public insurance plan.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is visiting China to re-establish climate change discussions between the world's two biggest economies.

Barack Obama chose to head north for his first foreign trip as president. He met with Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa on Thursday. Obama said he doesn't believe a controversial "buy America" clause in his stimulus package will significantly discriminate against Canadian industry.

The housing market is showing a split: Sales of existing homes were down last month, but sales of newly built houses were up.

Penn Jillette frames his new book, God, No!, as the atheist's Ten Commandments. He joins NPR's Neal Conan to discuss the humility of atheists and his respect for believers.