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Representatives from the Government Accounting Office and Librarian of Congress James Billington faced off today at a Congressional hearing. The GAO has just released a very critical report of mismanagement at the Library of Congress. The report also challenges the Library's mission. Dean Olsher reports.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the findings of the 2000 census that the Hispanic population of the U.S. is growing faster than had been thought, and is roughly even with the black population. The official report on Hispanic population growth has not been released yet, but the increase was indicated in a chart released with another census report last week.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on a proposal that news councils be established to determine whether newspapers, television and radio stations are giving balanced treatment to the subjects of investigative reports. The proposal has divided the journalistic communicty with reporters such as CBS's Mike Wallace supporting it and former editor Abe Rosenthal of the New York Times objecting to the proposal.

House Republicans released a report today that charges President Clinton with trying to block investigations of the firing of the White House travel office staff. House Democrats protested the report, walking out of the meeting where it was adopted, and accusing Republicans of waging a political smear campaign. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's John Ydstie reports the Advisory Council on Social Security Reform released its final report today. The Council has been studying various options for reforming and preserving the nation's main retirement program. The 13 members of the Advisory Council could not agree on the best method of fixing the problem, so they issued a report with three options.

NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Michele Kelemen reports the ongoing violence in the Middle East figured prominently in the State Department's annual report on Human Rights, issued today in Washington. Israel is criticized in the report for a disproportionate use of force against Palestinian protestors, but human rights activists say the criticism was too mild.

The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.

Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year

Iran aims to put pressure on Trump amid negotiations with Oman, Labor Department to release new report on inflation, new report reveals decades of abuse at arts school linked to Epstein.

NPR'S Vicky O'hara reports on an Amnesty International report released today that is highly critical of Israel. The report says Israel broke international law when it shelled a U-N compound last spring in Southern Lebanon. The London-based human rights group says the shelling was deliberate. More than one-hundred refugees were killed.