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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts about the political impact of Ronald Reagan's presidency and whether he could have the same influence today as he did two decades ago.

President Biden is passing the torch to Vice President Harris, which changes the narrative of the race against former President Donald Trump.

Excitement is in the air. NC State is in the Final Four. Both the men’s and women’s teams will play in this year’s NCAA tournament. We’ll talk about the Pack’s historic run and meet two former players who took their teams to the tournament last time. College basketball isn’t the ONLY thing going on this week. We’ll also get the latest in state politics and more, on the North Carolina News Roundup.

As a candidate for President four years ago, Bill Clinton argued that protecting the environment and maintaining a healthy economy do not have to be at odds. During his term in office, he has tried to prove this notion is true. Through consensus-building exercises -- such as the timber summit in Portland, Oregon, and programs like the EPA's Project XL -- the Clinton Administration has tried to forge "win/win" solutions. But these efforts have met with mixed success. NPR's David Baron has the conclusion of our series on environmental consensus-building.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports that early this morning the Senate Finance Committee approved the Republican's plan to overhaul medicare and medicaid. The legislation now goes to the Senate floor. The plan calls for senior citizens to pay more in medicare premiums and deductions, and also lets states use block grant to run medicaid, which serves poor women and children and elderly in nursing homes. The Republicans say their plan would reap billions of dollars in savings, thereby saving medicare. President Clinton today said the Republican plan is ill-considered and goes too far.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem that a gamble by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to get a peace treaty to use as an electoral platform seems to have failed. Though U.S. envoy Dennis Ross is on his way back to the Middle East for one last ditch effort to find a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, there is little hope that he will succeed. If he doesn't, Barak's bid for re-election next month appears doomed.

We have an update on the political stories of the past week.

The popular 41-year-old lawyer is calling for a boycott of the March 18 presidential election, which he says is rigged. He says Putin's regime is built on making Russians believe nothing can change.

President Trump seems to lose some of his grip on his base as the Department Of Homeland Security shuts down amidst resistance to changes to immigration enforcement.

The Biden Administration makes big foreign policy moves, including an end to the Afghanistan War and sanctions on Russia for election interference.