Janine Herbst

On Wall Street, the Dow is up 106 points.

The Nasdaq is up 259 points.

That's up 1.1 percent.

The S&P 500 up 37.

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Several states, all led by Democrats, are suing the Trump administration over its overhaul of childhood immunization policy.

Colorado Public Radio's John Daly has more.

The Louvre Museum in Paris has a new boss, art historian Christophe Larrabeau.

He's a veteran museum director who's taking over after the previous director quit in the wake of the brazen daylight heist of the French crown jewels last October, along with the deteriorating state of the museum.

Mortgage rates dropped sharply last week, hitting their lowest level in almost four years.

The Mortgage Bankers Association says the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate loan has fallen to 6.09 percent.

Refinance applications rose 4 percent last week from the week before, as the rates drop.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

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President Trump celebrated economic progress in his State of the Union speech last night, but as NPR's Scott Horsley reports, many aren't buying his sales pitch.

Virginia's Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the Democratic response, offering a sharply different take on the health of the country's economy from President Trump's.

Spanberger says American families are struggling under his policies.

And in a speech from historic colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, she says Trump is pitting Americans against each other, and she also attacked immigration officer tactics calling Trump reckless.

Paramount is raising its offer for Warner Brothers Discovery, which rejected a rival bid from Netflix.

NPR's David Fokenflik has more.