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that President Clinton will testify by videotape as a defense witness in the Whitewater trial. The tape will be played in court, but the White House is concerned about what could happen to the tape after the non-televised trial. There are precedents in this case... Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter both testified in court by videotape, and both tapes were sealed by the ruling judge.

President Clinton today awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Bob Dole. In his speech after the award, Senator Dole said "our challenge is not to question American ideals or to replace them, but to act worthy of them." At the same ceremony today at the White House, Mr. Clinton unveiled the winning design for the World War Two Memorial to be constructed on the National Mall in Washington.

President Bush could be forgiven for basking in the glory of yesterday's election today, but if he did so, he did it in private. No public events were scheduled and the president made phone calls to Republican winners and even to some Democrats. His press secretary said it was time to talk about working together to advance the agenda in the new Congress. NPR's Don Gonyea reports on a quiet but contented day at the White House.

Although he was known principally as a political adviser and campaign strategist, Karl Rove has been a critical part of the White House policy operation as well. The adviser's departure could have wide repercussions.

A House committee has voted to call on President Bush to declare that the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks 90 years ago was genocide. Turkey and the Bush administration worked unsuccessfully to defeat the resolution, but the battle is not over.

The new National Intelligence Estimate is raising questions about what the White House knew — and when. The estimate judged that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. President Bush has recently portrayed Iran as a nuclear threat and pressed for international sanctions.

The Illinois House speaker said Wednesday that his chamber will take a vote next week on overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a school funding…

to stop the wave of arson striking black churches across the South. Yesterday,President Clinton hosted governors from seven Southern States to discuss the matter. And both houses in Congress are moving to make it easier to prosecute those who set churches on fire.

Noah Adams talks to NPR's David Welna about today's vote on committee chairs in the House of Representatives. While historically not an especially newsmaking story, it became one this year because of the Republican rule forcing out chairmen after three terms, which resulted in some spirited contests. The most watched result: leadership of the powerful Ways and Means committee.

Presidential transition teams normally have a little more than two months to prepare for the transfer of power from one White House regime to the next. But this year's election quandary has both camps wondering when they might be able to prepare for taking over. Two weeks of delay and doubt was one thing, but the prospect of a month or more of uncertainty is quite another. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on what problems may be ahead.