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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has ordered tanks and thousands of troops to the Colombian border. He is accusing Colombia of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader in a cross-border raid into Ecuador. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Juan Forero.

One key person helping President-elect Obama fill the top jobs in his administration will continue to work with him in the White House. Transition co-chair Valerie Jarrett has been named a senior White House adviser.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has campaigned in Sarasota, Fla., before heading to the swing states of Virginia and Missouri. Obama's campaign is hoping to match the massive crowds at his campaign events with over-the-top excitement from his supporters.

Captain Underpants has once again topped the list of most-challenged books. Author Dav Pilkey says his tighty-whities-clad hero teaches kids a healthy lesson about questioning authority.

A top-secret Defense Department report on the Vietnam War that became known as the Pentagon Papers was leaked and partially published by The New York Times 40 years ago. Now all 7,000 pages are available in their entirety. "It's the real deal," says the man who organized their release.

London's two top police officials have resigned amid the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal. The developments revealed cash for tips and a coziness between leaders of the department and the company.

During a visit to a Virginia middle school on Monday, President Barack Obama called for reforms to No Child Left Behind. But Cynthia Gordy of The Root takes a look into the education debate, and argues that Obama's new educational reform blueprint may not be as groundbreaking as his calls for action suggest.

In Brazil, the discovery of huge oil deposits has prompted a patriotic outpouring as Brazilians celebrate the country's rise as an oil power. Currently the world's ninth largest oil producer, Brazil believes it may become one of the top five. But a recent spill has brought home the dangers of deep-sea drilling.

Recent appearances by the attorney general and a U.S. attorney at the White House podium have some current and former Justice Department officials worrying about law enforcement independence.

Republicans are now on top in the House, but the economy's still in a rut. When the new Congress convenes, there will be two very different visions of how to get it unstuck. Guy Raz talks about what's ahead with Greg Mankiw, a former economic adviser for George W. Bush; and Laura Tyson, an adviser in the Clinton administration.