Today's Takeaway: Showdown Over Debt Limit on Capitol Hill Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Top of the Hour: Parties Showdown Over Debt Ceiling, Morning Headlines Obama Urges Compromise in Debt Talks Number of Americans Taking Vacation Hit a Low Point Parallels of National Decline: Poland and the US? Trinity Mirror Opens Phone Hacking Investigation Did Anti-Muslim Extremists in the US Influence Anders Breivik? Top of the Hour: Obama and Boehner Appeal to Americans on Debt Talks, Morning Headlines What If Congress Doesn't Raise the Debt Ceiling By Aug. 2? Analyzing Obama and Boehner's Dueling Speeches Do US Counter-Terrorism Efforts Focus Too Much On Muslims? NFL Lockout Ends as Players, Owners Agree to Deal Wealth Gap Between Whites and Minorities Increases President Barack Obama speaks in a prime-time address to the nation on July 25, 2011 from the East Room of the White House. ( JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC