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by both Republicans and Democrats following President Clinton's meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday at the Capitol. The President and Vice President Gore met with Congressional leaders to discuss the budget and other matters.

seems set to choose former army chief of staff Ehud Barak as its new leader in June and he would then become favorite to unseat Bibi Netanyahu should there be early elections.

to prosecute landlords who receive government subsidies but don't provide their low income tenants with decent housing. It's a cooperative effort between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Justice Department.

Bob Dole's campaigning in California, a state whose 54 electoral votes he is working hard to win. Yesterday, Dole endorsed a California ballot measure that would ban state-sponsored affirmative action.

on the stock market's continuing strong performance. The Dow Jones Industrial stock average exceeded six thousand points yesterday, a sign that the seven-year-long bull market is not likely to end any time soon.

to deal with the country's severe poverty is leading to increasing social unrest. A new rebel army called the Popular Revolutionary Army has created a strong base of support in Mexico's poorest regions.

between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to work out a deal on an Israeli pull-out from Hebron. An indication that an accord is close came when Prime Minister Netanyahu cancelled a trip to the U.S. to join the negotiations.

will have rival initiatives on two different topics...campaign finance reform and health care reform. In both cases, the competing initiatives differ only in their approach, not in their underlying philosophy, much to the confusion of voters.

which holds Congress accountable to the same labor and workplace regulations as the rest of the country. But when the efforts of the Capital Hill police force to unionize met opposition, the sincerity of the Act came into question.

and the consequences it will have on California residents. The measure says that taxes intended for specific services, like libraries or new street lights, can no longer be collected without a public referendum.