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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden about the latest news from the Pentagon.

Karen Michel profiles guitarist Brad Shepik, who mixes American jazz with influences from Moroccan to Klezmer. Shepik has just released a new album — it's called Drip (Knitting Factory).

British paratroopers enter Basra, and the main opposition in that city appears to have been subdued, though pockets of resistance remain. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Reuters reporter Rosalind Russell who's near Basra in southern Iraq. Russell says the British were received well by most of the people.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports on an anti-war demonstration today in Oakland, Calif., that police put down using non-lethal bullets, beanbags and concussion grenades. Several dockworkers who were not part of the demonstration were injured; they say the police used too much force.

NPR's Steve Inskeep in central Iraq reports on the entry of U.S. Marines into a market town south of Baghdad. The Marines' foray was part of efforts to consolidate U.S. control over areas bypassed by American forces on their push to Baghdad.

NPR's Scott Horsley has a roundup of Sunday's events in Iraq. U.S. troops surround Baghdad and guard roads in and out of the city. British forces make their biggest push yet into the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Also, an apparent friendly fire incident kills at least 18 people in northern Iraq.

The U.S. First Marine Division moves to seal off roads on the east and north side of the Iraqi capital, and troops fight from skirmish to skirmish, finding huge caches of weapons and ammunition hidden along the sides of Highway 6 along the Tigris River. Hear NPR's John Burnett.

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks with three winners of the Pulitzer prize, whose works of biography, history and music center on remembrance. She speaks to Robert Caro, winner of the Pulitzer for Biography for his book, Master of the Senate, Rick Atkinson, winner of the Pulitzer for History for his book, An Army at Dawn, and John Adams, winner of the Pulitzer for music for his composition, "On the Transmigration of Souls."

Basra is under the control of British forces, British officials say. The southern Iraqi city had been the scene of a standoff between British troops and paramilitary and Fedayeen fighters since the first week of the war. Meanwhile, Basra residents flood the streets and loot the city. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to the BBC's Kylie Morris.

U.S. Marines continued an effort to establish control of southern Iraq. Troops swept toward al-Amarah, a southern Iraqi city that has yet to see U.S. or British troops. The Marines were expecting to fight one of the remaining divisions of Iraq's army. But as NPR's Steve Inskeep reports, that unit disappeared during the advance.