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charges against House Speaker Newt Gingrich's controversial GOPAC organization.

revelations that the White House turned a blind eye to Iran shipping arms into Bosnia to aid the government in Sarajevo.

Commentator Mickey Edwards says politicians in Washington will do anything for a vote. And both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are guilty of it. Republicans used to say no way to healthcare and minimum wage, now with the November elections in mind, they seem to have changed their minds. The White House is just as guilty of these campaign politics.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Fred Barnes of The Weekly tandard magazine and David Corn of The Nation magazine about some of the topics n the news, including: Bob Woodward's new book "The Choice", the end of the enate Whitewater Committee, and the flap over alleged White House misuse of FBI iles.

A former White House employee has told Senate investigators that she informed ex-personnel security chief Craig Livingstone that FBI background files were being gathered on former presidential aides. That's contrary to testimony from Livingstone. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

are calling on House speaker Newt Gingrich to step aside while the ethics investigations against him continue.

Commentator Malcolm MacKinnon likes walking around the house at night, with the lights of his electronic appliances all around him. He says they're a comforting reminder of living in the modern age, and guide him around the darkened rooms like small beacons.

Commentator Elissa Ely is teaching her husband to play the piano-- his inspiration for practicing is keeping an eye on the Red Sox game. She wishes he could have the inspiration she had when she learned-- her teacher's houseful of Russian wolfhounds.

Republicans recapture control of the Senate and add to their advantage in the House. Democrats increase their hold on statehouses, adding at least five governorships. Hear NPR's Mara Liasson.

Chris Morris reports from Ankara on Turkish anger over a resolution before the U.S. House of Representatives to acknowledge that Armenians were victims of genocide during the First World War. If the resolution passes, the Turkish government may consider revoking airspace permission for the U.S. planes on their way to patrol northern Iraq.