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More and more family court judges are facing men who argue they should no longer have to pay child support -- because a DNA test has proven they are not the father. From member station WBUR in Boston, Monica Brady reports on one such case in Massachusetts.

President Bush today released the details of his budget for fiscal year 2002, which keeps the total spending target a fraction under $2 trillion and makes the case for a long-range, permanent tax cut. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

The new budget details released by the administration today did not cause much stir on Capitol Hill, with the House and Senate on recess and most of the halls of Congress deserted. But there were a few leaders on hand from both parties to parse the stack of bound blue volumes and search for a bottom line. NPR's David Welna reports.

Commentator Kevin Kling has his own, lighter, baseball remembrance, of his childhood days at the plate.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on China's demand that the United States end all reconnaissance flights over its waters -- even those in international airspace. Experts say the Chinese have been growing increasingly aggressive in their attempts to interfere with U.S. surveillance flights, culminating in the current detaining of the crew of the Navy spy plane that was forced to make an emergency landing after colliding with a Chinese fighter jet.

Northwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its mechanics union. As Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports, some see the progress in negotiations as a victory for the Bush administration which refused to allow the Northwest workers to strike.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Winston Lord, former U.S. Ambassador to China, about what's at stake in the current standoff. Ambassador Lord says it's important for the United States to be firm and cautions against making a formal apology.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the president's health care budget. It contains fewer cuts than critics had expected and calls for an eight percent increase in federal health care spending.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on the Norway Drug Conference, where people from the pharmaceutical industry, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization will discuss making life-saving drugs more affordable to people in developing countries.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Representatives Roy Blunt (R-MO) and John Spratt (D-SC). They take a look at President Bush's budget, which was released yesterday.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on President Bush's education budget for the next fiscal year. It calls for a nearly six-percent increase in funding for school programs and gives states more flexibility in how to spend federal funds.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on Amtrak's latest contribution to passenger happiness. It's a car in the train where riders will find a quieter environment.