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U.S. officials say it is too early to say whether the swine flu threat is receding. When the outbreak was first detected, the U.S. government was prepared. Morning Edition goes behind the scenes to the strategy center at the Department of Health and Human Services that is coordinating the medical response.

This Thursday, high school students across the country will be filling in tiny bubbles on the macroeconomics Advanced Placement test. But how do you grade a test on economics when the answers in real life are changing every day?

President Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday. She would be the first Hispanic justice and the third female justice. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have sent President Obama a bill that would rein in credit card fees and interest rates, while allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons in national parks. The Senate passed the measure Tuesday. The House acted on Wednesday.

President Obama named Sonia Sotomayor as his choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring David Souter. She has been a judge since 1992 and an appellate judge since 1998. But critics may find their best ammunition against her in speeches she has made, not in her legal opinions.

President Obama has nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Sotomayor, who has been a judge for 17 years, will be the court's first Hispanic justice.

Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa says Sonia Sotomayor's years of judicial experience gives senators an opportunity to review her record. Grassley sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will hold hearings on Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court. The committee's senior Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch says barring some "disqualification," he foresees a committee vote in early September, and a floor vote "almost immediately thereafter."

In a large study, the experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's by about 35%. That's slightly better than the drug Leqembi, which was fully approved by the FDA on July 6.

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was sentenced to eight years in prison by an Iranian court Saturday after being convicted earlier this week of espionage. Host Scott Simon talks to Saberi's father, Reza Saberi, from Tehran about the verdict.