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A White House assessment of the sluggish federal response to Hurricane Katrina calls for more clearly defining the military's role during catastrophes, along with more than 100 other recommendations.

As the holiday shopping season approaches, a new study shows consumer confidence plunging to a nine-year low. But some economists question the survey result. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

The national debate over health care appears to be taking a back seat to jobs creation — but the problem persists for people who have jobs but no health insurance. A recently developed health alliance in New Orleans aims to be at least part of the solution to this problem.

With less than six weeks left until Election Day, both presidential campaigns are focusing their efforts on reaching out to voters in crucial swing states. Campaign observers and insiders weigh in on how strategies change as candidates race toward November.

Cookbook writer Madhur Jaffrey demonstrates how to make "Everyday Cauliflower," and discusses her memoir of childhood in India.

Novelist Pat Conroy is the author of several books including The Great Santini, and The Prince of Tides which were both made into feature films. Conroy's new book My Losing Season (Doubleday) is a memoir about how playing basketball for the Citadel Military College transformed his life. Conroy was point guard and captain of the Citadel Bulldogs.

Consumers set sales records as the holiday shopping season gets under way. Pollster ShopperTrak gauged Friday's sales at 12.3 percent higher than last year's. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports, and NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Tracy Mullin, CEO of the National Retail Federation.

It's a summer tradition at Weekend Edition Sunday: each week, we learn what notable readers are pulling off the shelves. Elizabeth Bird, senior librarian at The New York Public Library's Donnell Library Center, focuses on books for young people.

Forty years after the Senate committee hearings on the Watergate scandal, Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Lowell Weicker, who served on the Senate Watergate committee. Former White House speechwriters Paul Glastris and Peter Robinson talk about writing speeches amid scandal.

Hurricane relief funds helped pay for a vacation to Hawaii, a sex-change operation and season tickets to football games, according to a government audit. Madeleine Brand discusses the fraud and how the government plans to deal with the problem with Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX). McCaul's House subcommittee is holding hearings Wednesday about the misuse of relief funds.