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President Bush wound up a four-nation overseas trip on Tuesday with an address to tens of thousands of people in Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgia. Bush praised the country's move toward democracy and its efforts to forge an independent international identity.

The former senator recalls how a traumatic accident in wartime led to a political career that spanned four decades. In an interview with NPR's Renee Montagne, he discusses his new memoir, Heart of a Patriot, and his solidarity with young soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Once a conservative advocate for the No Child Left Behind Act, Diane Ravitch has had a change in opinion. The former Bush administration education official has written a book spelling out the law's missteps and adverse effects on the U.S. education system.

The Michigan senator tells NPR he wants to focus on the fiscal battle, not campaigning, in his last two years. He wants to push for ending tax loopholes and advocate for programs like education, health care and infrastructure.

The 40-page class-action lawsuit alleges the state's law enforcement agency has a history of engaging in systemic discrimination against its officers of color.

"If the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told NPR's Nina Totenberg.

The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, was released late Friday evening from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.

Rather than mining new gemstones and metals, students from several Midwest schools — including Earlham College, Bowling Green State University, Indiana University, and Ball State — will transform donated jewelry into new pieces.

African-American philosopher Cornel West's new book laments the decline of "prophetic" black leadership, lifting up examples of people who were willing to risk their lives in the service of the truth.

Amid growing calls for a White House shakeup and concerns about low poll ratings, President Bush announces that Joshua Bolten will replace Andrew Card as White House Chief of Staff. Bolten is the current Director of the Office of Management and Budget.