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NPR's Mark Roberts reports on the continuing effort by defense attorneys to suppress evidence gathered by investigators in the first two days after the Oklahoma City bombing. Defendant Terry Nichols's attorney is arguing that a nine-hour interrogation of his client in a Kansas jailhouse was improper and should be thrown out. Testimony today focuses on whether authorities had authority to search Nichols's home, where an agent spotted plastic barrels similar to ones used in the bombing.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on the political maneuvering between presidential candidates Boris Yeltsin and Gennady Zyuganov. Yeltsin has decided to not meet President Clinton in France next week as part of the annual economic summit of the G-7 group of industrialized nations. And, Yeltsin got a boost today from another candidate he defeated last Sunday. Ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky today told his supporters to not vote for the communists in next month's run-off.

Smog season in Los Angeles, where the air is dirtier than in any other city, is approaching. But as NPR's Mandalit DelBarco reports, L.A. has achieved huge reductions in air pollution over the past two decades, despite the city's reputation for lung-searing smog. Though new kinds of gas, cleaner industry and better cars are part of the solution, lots of little things have helped as well--like cleaner backyard barbecues.

Melissa Block reports on what's known about the causes of the crash of TWA Flight 800. The National Transportation and Safety Board is currently in charge of the investigation. As long as the NTSB is running the investigation the assumption is this is an accident. But the FBI will take over the investigation if it is determined that the explosion of the plane was the result of foul play. Tons of wrechage have been brought ashore for use in determiing this but thus far, the plane's voice and data recorders have yet to be found. Rough weather is hampering efforts to recover more wreckage.

President Clinton met with Republican leaders at the White House today, in an effort to push his proposals to strengthen national anti-terrorism laws. Yesterday, the President asked Congress to reconsider a controversial proposal to expand the FBI's wiretapping powers. NPR's John Nielson reports. (5:00) 2. ATLANTA NEWS - IN Atlanta, three days after a pipe bomb exploded--killing one person and injurying more than a hundred--gates to the 21 acre downtown park will reopen. TAPE/COPY

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that today the Federal Communications Commission is issuing new rules intended to make local phone service more competitive. The unanimous F-C-C vote completes an overhaul that opens the local marketplace to long distance and cable T-V companies as well as other competitors. About a dozen states are working to get competitors into their local phone businesses to go head to head with the regional Bell companies. The so-called Baby Bells have had a lock on the market until now.

Bob Dole says if he is elected president, he will "end the IRS as we know it". He wants to transform the agency by firing up to a third of its personnel, privatizing some of its functions, and switching its focus from conducting audits to helping citizens file their taxes. Critics say the U.S. can't afford the loss of income that could result from those changes. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports from the Zairean capital Kinshasa on the tremendous uncertainty engulfing the city over who's running the country. Last night Zaire's parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Kengo wa Dondo from power, but supporters of Kengo and his patron, President Mobutu Sese Seko, say the vote did not pass by the constitutionally-required margin. Meanwhile, the army asserted its independence from the politicians today, declaring that it will no longer rely on the finance ministry for its funding, but will instead take its money directly from the central bank.

NPR's David Baron has a report looking at what progress has been made in the five years since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Back then, heads of state from around the world assembled to discuss the earth's environmental problems and they agreed to several treaties designed to reverse global warming, reduce acid rain, and improve water quality -- among other goals. Some progress has been made, but environmentalists say much more needs to be done.

NPR's Mara Liasson reports from Helsinki, Finland, where the presidents of the United States and Russia have begun their summit meeting. Tonight, the main event was an informal dinner. Tomorrow, Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin sit down to talk about NATO. President Clinton's position will be that NATO should expand eastward to include countries in eastern and central Europe. President Yeltsin's position will be that any NATO expansion is a strategic mistake. Both sides are warning that there might not be much progress toward solving the problem.