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NPR's Noel King speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders about the $3.5 trillion spending plan that is working its way through the House.

Commentator Jeffrey Tayler visited the village of Tarasawka in southeastern Belarus, near where the Chernobyl disaster occurred. There he meets one of the "old believers"-- a woman who has tried to maintain traditions extending back to the earliest days of the Russian Orthodox Church. In spite of all she has seen and experienced -- World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, civil war, Stalin's famine, World War II, the Chernobyl disaster, and the collapse of the Soviet Union -- it is the deathof her son she cannot forget.

The dancers of the Martha Graham Company sent out a letter today to the international dance community. It asked dancers and companies worldwide not to perform the works of the legendary choreographer who died in 1991. This letter is the latest in a series of recent events in the history of the Martha Graham Company that closed it's doors in May because of lack of funds. Jean Battey Lewis has a report.

In the third part of a series on development of a national missile defense system, NPR's Mike Shuster examines the effect such a system could have on U.S. relations with Russia and China. Both of those countries have objected to the deployment of any U.S. missile defense system, saying it would reduce their own nuclear deterrence. The Clinton administration says missile defense is intended to protect the United States against potential attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iraq, not China and Russia.

NPR's Ted Clark reports on the Camp David peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. President Clinton met with each leader separately yesterday, then brought both delegations together for a half-hour discussion. So far, all parties have agreed to a news blackout concerning the talks, and no official deadline has been set to end the summit.

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports that a new study has renewed concerns about the effects mercury may have on human development. The study, conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, states that even trace amounts of the metal may cause learning disabilities in children.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Bosnian writer Aleksandar Hemon about his book The Question of Bruno, written in English. The stories play with the English language, using unconventional words or normal words in unusual ways.

Linda talks with David Hinckley, Critic-At-Large for the New York Daily News, about the cancellation of the tour for Diana Ross and the Supremes. The tour has had problems since the beginning.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the new-found political clout of Native Americans. While their votes can decide tight races in a few Western states, it's the money of gaming tribes which is now exercising wider influence. Some tribes are making sizeable donations to presidential and legislative campaigns. Others are using their business profits to both govern themselves and to protect their land and cultural heritage.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports that China has executed three members of a group seeking to set up a Muslim state in the restive northwestern province of Xinjiang.