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Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) forms a presidential exploratory committee and says that he will announce his plans — to run for the top office or not — on Feb. 10. Obama's move allows him to raise money for a presidential candidacy.

FBI agents raided a federal agency, the Office of the Special Counsel, amid allegations that the office has been misused for political purposes. Agents investigating possible obstruction of justice confiscated computers and also searched the home of Scott Bloch, the head of the OSC.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the recent beating death of a Chicago teen a "wake-up call" that would lead to action. Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan held a news conference with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. The two Cabinet officials were sent by the White House to Chicago after the killing.

Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech. Rep. John Lewis, the last surviving speaker from the March on Washington, reflects on the historic nature of Obama's nomination.

Congress has extended the COBRA subsidy periods again and again, helping many laid-off workers keep health insurance. Still, sorting through the paperwork to get the government assistance is no easy task. And, the government subsidies expire in March unless the jobs bill passes.

A jury says that Donald Trump owes columnist E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her.

Democrats and donors wanted to see how President Biden handled unscripted questions after a disastrous debate fueled party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, about the presidential election.

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670.

The French National Assembly voted to extend the state of emergency by three months. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jean-Pierre Dubois, president of France's Human Rights League, a critic of the law.