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NPR's Brian Naylor reports that the House of Representatives passed another tax cut yesterday. The measure decreases the amount of social security income that is subject to taxation. Critics of the Republican-led move say this and other recent tax cuts could lead to budget deficits in the future.

The clearest area of agreement between the candidates is on the states that matter most in this election. A handful of populous states, most of them in the upper Midwest, appear to hold the balance of power between the parties in this year's race for the White House. Yesterday, both major party nominees were in Ohio. Today it was Michigan. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

A British court ruled today that a pair of conjoined twins must be separated. Separating them will kill one of the twins. They only have one heart. The parents of the twins are devout Roman Catholics and oppose separating them, they may appeal to the House of Lords or the European Court of Human Rights. We hear a report from the BBC's John Duce.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on an unusual lawsuit by an Oklahoma Indian tribe, over millions of acres of land in Illinois. The Miami tribe claims a 200 -year old treaty gives them rights to lands their ancestors once roamed - lands that now house farms, businesses and two state universities.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who's in Washington for meetings with White House and State Department officials. Prime Minister Zenawi says the discussions will concentrate on ending the ongoing war between Ethiopia and Eritrea and delivering emergency food relief.

The House of Representatives today approved a bill that would raise the amount that certain savers can contribute to their tax-deferred retirement accounts. The current annual limit on these contributions is $2,000 but the new legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Clinton, would raise that limit to $5,000. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Host Bob Edwards talks to NPR's Ted Clark about the latest development in the Middle East peace talks. Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yaser Arafat are continuing their negotiations after the White House announced it had ended in failure.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that the lower house of the Russian parliament, or Duma, approved legislation today giving the president more control over the country's powerful regional governors. Also today, tycoon Boris Berezovsky officially quit the Duma, to protest Kremlin moves to rein in the governors and big business.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports environmental issues were not key components of this years election, but they are sure to be one of the main issues in the next Congress. Environmentalists are worried that Americans will be kept in the dark on environmental policy now that Republicans control both the House and the Senate.

California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi campaigns for the position of House minority leader. She talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why the Democrats collapsed on Election Day.