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The Pentagon's annual assessment of China's military capabilities was due in March. But this year, as in previous years, the deadline has slipped as various government agencies try to reach consensus. That issue is particularly sensitive this year because of tensions between Washington and Beijing over a variety of issues, including a military buildup by China.

An Environmental Protection Agency study concludes that water and air quality and environmental safeguards are better today than they were 30 years ago. Answering skeptics, outgoing EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman says the Bush administration's decision to edit sections on the effects of global warming was motivated not by censorship but by differing opinions from government scientists. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Whitman.

Stocks are down in reaction to the shakeup at Citigroup, one of the world's largest banks. Marketplace's Jill Barshay talks about how the company wrote off as much as $11 billion dollars in debt and how that could affect Citigroup's banking clients.

As far as the economy goes, the labor market has been something of a tortoise — slowly moving along. Housing has been the hare — moving ahead quickly. We'll hear much more Friday morning when the March data on jobs and unemployment are released.

Numerous major news outlets reported Wednesday morning that 12 of the 13 trapped coal miners in West Virginia had beaten the odds and survived. The stories turned out to be tragically wrong. Mistaken information from seemingly authoritative sources allowed good news to outrace the truth.

The Obama transition team releases a report on the Obama staff's conversations with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The governor is accused of — among other things — trying to benefit financially from appointing a Senate successor to the president-elect.

As Israel prepares to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, a new independent analysis is raising questions about the Palestinian security services' ability to control the area. The report describes the security services as underarmed, overstaffed and undermined by corruption.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Virginia Republican about the Russia investigation.

Megan Stack hadn't planned on becoming a war correspondent. But then Sept. 11 happened, and she found herself in the Middle East — the beginning of a seven-year stint of wartime reporting. In Every Man in This Village Is a Liar, Stack reflects on the experience of reporting from war-torn countries.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to BuzzFeed News reporter Aram Roston about his report that Americans with special forces experience worked as mercenaries for foreign powers.