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Sales of former President Bill Clinton's memoir, My Life, are expected to hit the one-million mark soon. Some 935,000 copies have been sold since the book first went on sale last Tuesday. NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with the former president about the book's success and the Clinton legacy.

A new book portrays President Obama's meteoric rise to political power, as well as the more intimate aspects of his family life. NPR's Allison Samuels speaks with Patrik Henry Bass, editor of The Obamas: Portrait of America's New First Family.

The pardon comes in the last weeks of President Biden's time in office and despite his public assurances in the past that he would neither pardon nor commute his son's sentence.

NPR's Jacki Lyden speaks with Mark Feeney, author of the new book Nixon at the Movies, about the film-viewing habits of President Richard Nixon. The late president watched over 500 films during the five years he was in office — a habit that accelerated during the Watergate scandal.

Today's presidential vote in Mexico comes down to two men and their vision of what Mexico should be. On the right is Felipe Calderon. On the left is Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Their bitter campaigns have revealed a deepening divide in the country.

Ibrahim Rugova, the president of Kosovo, dies of lung cancer at 61. He was long identified with ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia. John Ydstie speaks with Tina Raja of the Associated Press about the Balkan leader.

Steve Inskeep talks with Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, about the administration's recent statement about Israeli settlements and a raid in Yemen.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with The Economist's Latin America correspondent Ana Lankes about the inauguration of Argentine President Javier Milei.

Molly Ivins has often poked fun at President Bush for his manner of speaking, or "Bushisms." In her new book, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, the syndicated columnist, fellow Texan and long-time Bush critic takes on his dealings and policies, and what she says are their underreported effects on average Americans. Hear Bob Edwards' extended interview with Ivins.

In remarks on a major Russian holiday, Vladimir Putin hailed Crimea's "return to the motherland." It was his first appearance in the territory since March when Russia annexed the Ukrainian region.