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NPR's Alex Chadwick traipses through an Australian forest custom-grown for koala bears. He learns that koalas have the finicky appetites of toddlers -- they eat eucalyptus leaves, or nothing at all.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Washington Post reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran, in Indonesia. Thousands of refugees are fleeing the island of Borneo amid skirmishes between soldiers and police.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that the Chinese government today struck back at the United States, calling it hypocritical on human rights. China went on the offensive after the U.S. released a State Department report yesterday, saying that China's human rights record has greatly deteriorated over the past year. Chinese officials discussed the issue during a news conference as U.N. human rights chief Mary Robinson was in Beijing. The Chinese government didn't like her remarks either, saying she was ignorant of China's situation. She is pressing China to abolish its "re-education through labor" policy, under which minor offenders can be locked up for several years, without any judicial process.

Host Bob Edwards highlights the life of award-winning poet, A.R. Ammons. He died Sunday at the age of 75.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Robert Schmuhl, author of Statecraft and Stagecraft: American Political Life in the Age of Personality. They discuss tonight's speech by President Bush, his first address to Congress. (4:04) (Please note: The introduction to this interview misstates the size of President Bush's tax cut. The correct figure is $1.6 trillion.)

NPR's Larry Abramson reports that federal judges are questioning the order to break up Microsoft. An appeals panel is finding complications with the government's reasoning in the case, and questions the ethics of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson in commenting to the media about Microsoft executives.

Commentator Amity Shlaes says the wealthy are still waiting for the tax cut they were promised back in 1986. Fifteen years later, Shlaes hopes the new president will make-good on a promise that previous administrations have ignored.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE reports that today is the deadline for pilots to reach an agreement with Delta Airlines. They had been negotiating wages and benefits in their contract with the airline, but the focus now is which planes they fly. As tensions mount in the airline industry, President Bush could impose a two-month cooling-off period.

NPR Legal Affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports that the Supreme Court ruled unanimously to uphold the Clean Air Act. The Court said that Congress did not act unreasonably by establishing the 1970 law, and their decision was hailed by conservationists and public health professionals. (3:49)Check out more NPR News coverage of the Supreme Court.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on reaction among members of Congress to the president's address. Predictably, Democrats questioned the wisdom of making such large tax cuts, while Republicans defended the president's plan. Members from both parties agreed that Congress has a lot to do this year.