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Vladimir Putin was sworn in Monday for a six-year term as president of Russia. In his inauguration speech, Putin said he was committed to democracy. But anti-Putin activists are not convinced and staged protests on the streets of Moscow.

President Trump arrived Wednesday in the U.K., where he plans to meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tony Gallagher, editor of London's The Sun, about how locals are reacting to the visit.

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a limited lifeline to Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, who's faced more than a month of protests after accusations of a rigged election victory.

NPR's Scott Horsley speaks with Melissa Block about Obama's plan to defer deportation for some immigrants, which he announced in a speech Thursday night.

Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway speak to host Linda Wertheimer about Hillary Clinton's historic candidacy and how the electorate may or may not respond.

Host Michel Martin asks political journalists from outside the beltway for their take on President Obama's State of the Union speech. She speaks with Michael Smolens of the U-T San Diego, Christopher Ave of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Rachel Stassen-Berger of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died. We remember him as the man who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union. He served nine years as the first freely elected president of Russia.

After a chaotic four years, Biden is calling for calm. A new tone was set, but a return to the same old partisan bickering won't solve the problem of millions fed a daily diet of false information.

Even in an age of galloping ambition, the Texan rides ahead of the pack. Obama liked to quote Martin Luther King's line about "the fierce urgency of now," Cruz seeks to embody it at every turn.

While in Paris, Vice President Harris will get facetime with about two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.