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NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr discusses the next step for campaign finance reform with Representatives Marty Meehan (D-Mass) and J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz).

Scott speaks with Jeanette Hardy, a garden writer, about the unique and varied types of irises found in Louisiana. It is currently the height of iris blooming season in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana.

Serb authorities are attempting to arrest Slobodan Milosevic. Scott speaks with reporter Jovana Illic.

NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Daniel Schorr discuss Schorr's trip to Havana, where he attended a Cuban-American conference on the 40th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr offers his thoughts on former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey's revelation that he was involved in a raid that resulted in the killing of women and children as a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War.

McCartney has written some of the most famous song lyrics in pop history, including those for "When I'm 64," "Yesterday," "Fool on the Hill," "Paperback Writer" and many more. They're collected, along with his poems, in a new volume titled Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics 1965-1999.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports thousands of Mexican guest workers who worked in the United States during World War II say they have never received the money that was set aside for their retirement. With interest, the retirement fund would be considerably bigger today. Class action suits and a new commission in Mexico are trying to find out what happened to the money.

The president opened the doors of the White House today to celebrate completion of his first 100 days in office. The guests of honor were the members of Congress, nearly 200 of whom actually took the president up on his offer of a free lunch. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the weather was warm and the mood was as well.

Commentator Patrick Maney says the fascination with the first 100 days of the American presidential term started with the successes of President Franklin Roosevelt.

After nearly three years of war in Congo, an American aid agency says the conflict has cost close to 3 million lives. Robert Siegel talks with Dr. Les Roberts, an epidemiologist and the director of Health Policy for the International Rescue Committee in Martinsburg, West Virginia.