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- NPR's Ted Clark reports on the turnaround in President Clinton's political fortunes on the issue of foreign policy. Two years ago, the president's foreign policy was a serious political liability, criticized by Republicans and pundits alike as unfocused and vacillating. Now, reports Clark, Republican can't lay a glove on him.

Members of a House and Senate conference committee are close to finishing a final version of welfare reform legislation. Congressional sources say the conference report is close to what President Clinton had hoped for, but does not include everything he wants. The President has not said whether he will sign the bill. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

- Reporters John Biewen (John BEE-wuhn) of Minnesota Public Radio profiles Myron Orfield, a state senator whose campaign to clean up the inner cities is capturing nationwide attention. Biewen reports that Orfield is urging wealthier suburbs to adopt a regional solution in which wealthier suburbs would contribute some of the tax revenues to the poor inner cities.

NPR's Frank Browning reports that cleanliness can be taken too far, although it's important when controlling disease. America's "germ panic" corresponds directly to the presence of communicable diseases - even if personal hygiene has little to do with the illness. This is the second of two reports on soap and health.

The problems and irregularities over voting devices in Florida is not unique to that region of the country. A report in today's LA Times examines the various methods and technologies used in voting throughout the country, and how Florida is but a microcosm for the nation. Noah talks with Mark Porubcansky, an editor at the LA Times, about the report and what it found.

Reporters Michael Montgomery and Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks continue their report on how Serb security forces incinerated the remains of hundreds of ethnic-Albanians in an industrial furnace.

With the state Supreme Court hearing arguments from the presidential campaigns, Tallahassee, Florida is in the national spotlight today. Hordes of reporters, protesters, vendors, and on-lookers have descended on the state capital where the course of the election will be decided in the next few days. NPR's Melissa Block reports on the scene at the courthouse.

Republican George W. Bush began planning a presidential transition today, meeting with his newly appointed chief of staff and sending runningmate Dick Cheney out to brief reporters. But the Clinton administration maintains that the 2000 presidential election is not settled. As a result, the funds and office space to conduct a transition remain in limbo. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

NPR's Pam Fessler reports on the 9-11 Commissioners' satisfaction at achieving a unanimously-agreed report, and some of the factors that drew the Republicans and Democrats on the panel together.

The Justice Department reports its use of Patriot Act powers in a variety of cases involving terrorism and other crimes. The report comes amid attempts by some lawmakers to reduce the law's scope.