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Democrats say they won't accept Trump's offer of three-year protections for those under DACA and TPS in exchange for full funding of his border wall. Republicans say Democrats should accept the offer.

Prominent former prosecutors are starting their own law firms after they leave Justice Department service. That says a lot about the DOJ and Big Law firms.

And now another chapter in our series on African-American lives. NPR conducted a poll of African Americans with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. The survey found optimism but many respondents expressed fears about the economy.

Two stories out of China — the escape of a blind dissident from house arrest and the corruption scandal involving a top politician and his family — have attracted international attention. But inside China, the picture is different. The government has successfully suppressed the story about the dissident, Chen Guangcheng, such that most Chinese have never even heard of him. The Communist Party has waged a smear campaign against the fallen official, Bo Xilai, whom citizens see as a loser in a power struggle, a corrupt politician or both.

Five former members of a Philadelphia Police Department narcotics squad are suing the city's top officials for defamation. Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeremy Roebuck explains.

The nomination of top White House lawyer Harriet Miers to replace the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court draws mixed reviews from both sides of the political aisle. Conservative Republicans aren't happy.

Finals weekend in tennis at the Australian Open; Mikaela Shiffrin continues her history-making run; and four NFL teams play tomorrow for a spot in the Super Bowl.

Texans are upset that the first plans for Trump's border wall show that it will rip through two nature preserves. The border patrol insists public access will be guaranteed.

Research shows K-12 students in different states spend wildly different amounts of time in school, and suggests the nation's schools could be much better about using the learning time they do have.

The Senate confirmed President Trump's nomination of former Trump defense attorney Emil Bove as a federal appeals judge. Steve Inskeep talks with former prosecutor and Politico writer Ankush Khardori.