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He has been the Speaker of the House for more sessions of Congress than any previous Republican, but Rep. Dennis Hastert is far from a household name. One reason is that Rep. Tom DeLay called a lot of the shots. But another is that Hastert has been loath to cross swords with anyone -- until now.

Even before the Iraq Study Group released its reports, many Iraqi lawmakers felt they had been left out of the process. They complained that the Baker-Hamilton team didn't spend much time in Iraq, spoke only with a few prominent politicians, and saw little beyond the blast walls of the Green Zone. Some members of Iraq's parliament offer their own recommendations for what the United States should do now.

In a classified memo to President Bush, National Security Council officials expressed doubts about the ability of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to control violence in his country. The memo notes that al-Maliki relies on extreme Shiite groups for support. Mike Pesca speaks with Michael Gordon, the New York Times reporter who broke the story.

During a September 2006 job interview, the White House counsel's office asked a U.S. attorney why he had "mishandled" an investigation of the close Washington governor's race. The interview with John McKay, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, was for a federal judgeship — a post McKay did not receive.

Writing music for The Good Dinosaur was a seven-month journey for brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna, not all of it glamorous.

Applications for jobless benefits are up again. "What we're seeing now is that lots more people who are unemployed are going to be unemployed for a longer period of time," economist Nick Bunker says.

You don't have to have big bucks to join the latest trend in philanthropy. Soup groups around the country let diners pool their money to support deserving local initiatives. In Philadelphia, one dinner raised $225 for a teacher's class project.

After the UK voted to leave the EU, a leadership crisis has emerged. Scott Simon talks with Daily Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire about the personalities vying for power.

A federal judge will set a date for Trump's election obstruction case. Crowds mourn three Black people killed at a Dollar General in Florida. Pro surfers give kids in Maui a surf lesson.

The governor of Florida, who consistently polls second in the race, has been named by many as the successor to Trump. But he has failed to gain in the polls and personnel issues roil his campaign.