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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts. Congress starts debate this week on the federal budget.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Macedonia. Fighting between a small band of ethnic Albanian rebels and the Macedonian military continues.

Host Bob Edwards reads from listener letters.

Thousands of livestock continue to be incinerated in Britain as agriculture officials confirm 18 new cases of the infectious disease. Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Julie McCarthy in London about the political ramifications of the outbreak.

NPR's Renee Montagne highlights moments from last night's Academy Awards ceremony. Gladiator won best picture, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won best foreign language film. (6:35) Check out the complete list of Oscar winners.

Liane reads letters from listeners.

The Pentagon is facing a road block in its effort to immunize American troops from anthrax: the Food and Drug Administration refuses to approve the vaccine. From WDET in Detroit, Quinn Klinefelter reports.

John reads mail from listeners.

mRNA vaccines are groundbreaking—but the mRNA inside them is fragile. Kathryn Whitehead explains how scientists have created the right "packing material" to safely deliver these to the right cells.

The U.S. Senate is entering its second week of debate over how election campaigns are funded. Robert Siegel talks to David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation, and David Brooks, senior editor at The Weekly Standard about the debate -- including tension between President Bush and Senator John McCain, and possible defections among Democrats who have supported reform in the past.