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Sotheby's auction house has 151 items of Chinese propaganda art for sale from the era of Mao Tse-tung. (2:00) Sotheby's Web site.

NPR's David Welna reports on the deal reached between the House and the Senate on President Bush's budget plan. The compromise includes a major reduction in the amount of Mr. Bush's proposed tax cut.

NPR's David Welna reports the House has overwhelmingly approved a tax cut for married couples. The bill would phase in the $400 billion reduction over 10 years.

Beneath the permafrost of northern Alaska, petroleum deposits fuel a political debate revived by the White House and stoked by the events of Sept. 11. Allison Aubery reports.

Despite the fact that security was stepped up at the US Military housing complex at Dhahran after threats to the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia, security experts charge that the precautions taken were inadequate. NPR's Martha Raddatz reports.

about the favorable economic numbers that would seem to guarantee President Clinton's return to the White House.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with Martin Tolchin, editor-in-chief of "The Hill," and Andrew Glass, Washington bureau chief of the Cox Newspapers, about House Speaker Newt Gingrich's week.

Liane speaks with Patrick McGrath about his newest novel, "Asylum" (Random House), a story about the fine line between obsessive love and mental illness.

- Daniel talks with Frank Donatelli, former White House political director under Ronald Reagan and Ken Rudin, Managing editor of Political Hotline about Jack Kemp as a Vice-Presidential candidate.

TAIWAN & CHINA: NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr wonders about the effect of two recent visits to China - that of Vice President Al Gore, followed by that of Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.