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The House is preparing to vote on a republican welfare reform bill. It would transfer control of much of the system from the federal government to the states. It would limit benefits to five years and require recipients to work after two years. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports from Atlanta on a group of high school students who travelled to that city after being promised work and housing at the Olympic games. Once they got there, they found neither, and now city officials are trying to figure out how to send them home.

Linda talks with Michael Mandel, the economics editor of BusinessWeek magazine, and the author of High Risk Society (Random House, 1996). They discuss what Mandel sees as the overconfidence of baby boomers in technology stocks, and the effect this has had on the stock market.

Robert talks to Sam Tannenhaus - the author of "Whittaker Chambers: A Biography." (Random House, 1997) Chambers is the man who accused Alger Hiss of spying. Chambers himself was an ex-communist spy - but ended up being a leading anti-communist after he was awakened to the terrors of Stalinism.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr speaks the mind of FBI Director Louis Freeh (LOO-ee FREE), who is caught in a controversy over just how much information the Bureau should share with the Clinton White House.

Last month, Philadelphia closed its homeless shelters to single adults. Linda talks with William Parshall, the Deputy Managing Director for Special Needs Housing for the City of Philadelphia, about the rationale behind the decision, and what this restriction has meant for the city and its homeless population.

who is facing an uphill battle to retain his House seat after being targeted by the Democrats.

, which begins today at the White House. Administration officials don't expect any breakthroughs from the talks, and are trying to minimize the political risks for the President Clinton.

NPR's Ted Clark talks with Robert about the limited expectations of the hastily organized White House peace summit, designed to try to bring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat back to the negotiating table.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a congressional race in Alabama pitting a longtime Democratic state senator against a Republican businessman who's never held elected office. (6:00) [outcue: "... affecting the balance of power in the House next year. I'm Peter Kenyon reporting."