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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the congressional race in 36th district of California, near Los Angeles, between incumbent Steve Kuykendall and former seatholder Jane Harmon. It's one of the battleground seats in this election, and the Democrats are hoping to retake the seat and others like it as they try to retake control of the house.

Robert talks to Ruth Marcus, a staff writer for the Washington Post , about the latest revelations of donations to the Democratic National Committee by visitors to the White House. Many big donors were invited to coffee or dinners, after which they wrote checks to the DNC.

Commentator Andrew Lam talks about the housing crunch caused by the digital gold rush in the San Francisco Bay area. Scarce apartments are going to the highest bidder. Some people are renting the right to sleep in someone's dining area or walk-in closet. And the dream of home ownership Lam's family and other immigrants had has faded.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports on a White House announcement that President Bush will not implement the climate treaty negotiated in Kyoto, Japan. Democratic leaders in Congress and environmental groups promised to fight Mr. Bush on the Kyoto climate treaty and other recent policy reversals they call setbacks to the environment.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from the White House on the Bush administration's efforts to play down the gravity of its first foreign policy crisis: the confrontation with China over its detention of the Navy aircraft and its crew members.

The film House of Sand and Fog tells the story of an Iranian immigrant whose legal struggle over a home purchase escalates into tragedy. NPR's Bob Mondello has a review.

decision against Speaker Newt Gingrich. The vote yesterday was overwhelming...the House of Representatives decided to reprimand Gingrich and to impose a 300,000 dollar fine.

has divided along party lines. In a report, Republican members suggested the White House's acquisition of FBI background files had a sinister motive, while Democrats accused the Republicans of simply trying to damage the President.

whether to make public an Ethics Committee report into the conduct of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The investigation has been underway for two years, and the committee is deeply divided along party lines.

Noah talks with John Di Iulio, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Brookings Institution, about the new White House office created to funnel federal funds to faith-based charities.