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China has been drawing closer to Russia. It's a signal that the two are increasingly ideologically aligned — even as Russia threatens Ukraine, and that's put China in a tough position.

Much of President Biden's immigration agenda has already been blocked by federal judges. Limits on ICE enforcement could be the next policy to fall when a judge in Texas holds a trial this week.

But the attorney general would not confirm that a federal probe on the matter is underway. He said the Justice Department would "look at the facts and the law and take it from there."

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about his favorite Black photographs in the Smithsonian's collection. He recalls an image taken during the 2015 Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore.

The U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia after it moves troops into regions of Ukraine. The economic fallout from Ukraine may be felt at gas pumps. Final deals in the opioid crisis are expected soon.

It's been 50 years since President Nixon went to China, a trip that changed the world's balance of power. The fate of Taiwan was not addressed, and the issue still stalks U.S.-China relations.

Black doulas are setting out to help change the dramatic Black infant mortality rate. In Michigan and across the country, Black infants die far more frequently than white babies.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ambassador Yasar Halit Çevik, chief monitor for the OSCE mission in Ukraine, about the monitoring of Russian troops in regions of eastern Ukraine.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Russia military expert Jeffrey Edmonds, who formerly served as the director for Russia at the National Security Council, about the country's military capabilities.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Lauren Zabierek, executive director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, about the cyber threats facing Ukraine.