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Republicans hoped to celebrate passage of a bipartisan spending bill on Wednesday — until President Trump scuttled their plans. It was the latest in a series of rifts between Trump and his party.

Linda had breakfast with members of the Pennsylvania delegation at the San Diego Hilton on Mission Bay, and they talked about last night's events at the convention. The delegation overwhelmingly enjoyed Nancy Reagan's speech and the video tribute to Ronald Reagan, and especially enjoyed hearing Colin Powell's speech. They feel as though the party has been energized by the events thusfar, and Powell's message of moderation within the party was a real boost to the delegates... even though members of the group still disagree about the wisdom of the Republican Party's position on abortion rights, with some favoring tolerance of the pro-choice viewpoint and others favoring a commitment to pro-life principles.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Belfast on President Clinton's third and final trip as president today to Northern Ireland. Although he held four hours of talks with leaders of the main parties, the President failed to break the deadlock that is threatening to scuttle their new power-sharing institutions. He made an impassioned plea to them to defend the faltering peace process. While most gave him a warm welcome, a member of Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party harangued the President for negotiating with Sinn Fein (shin fayn), the party aligned with the Irish Republican Army.

As China marks 75 years of Communist rule, a battle is playing out over a Party insider's old notebooks and letters stored at Stanford University.

Chinese officials boast their campaign against "evil" has busted over 50,000 supposed criminal organizations, but experts warn it has served another function: consolidating power.

Some villagers considered it improper for girls to go to school. Now, after surviving the reign of ISIS, young Yazidi women in Iraq's Kurdistan region are getting an education.

Democrats are gathering for their national convention in Denver with the party divided and the country mired in an unpopular war. The situation was similar 40 years ago when Democrats convened in Chicago, amid battles between protesters and police. What happened then still influences political protests today.

America is looking at a redo of the 2020 presidential election with two unpopular candidates. How did we get here? NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jonathan Martin, senior columnist at Politico.

Construction of East Peoria’s new $21.6 million police department building is on schedule to finish next summer.

Did the harsh winter hold down job creation last month? Or did employers brush away the snow and prepare for spring with a new round of hiring? The unemployment report is out on Friday.