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GOP leaders unveiled their list of legislative priorities today, two months after the start of the congressional session. Speaker Newt Gingrich and other top leaders were trying to answer claims that, compared to the start of the last session in 1995, this Congress has done little. The list of Republican priorities begins with balancing the federal budget, and also includes tax relief and a ban on certain late-term abortions. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

Connections between two on-going investigations, one by Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr and the other by the Justice Department and Congress into possible illegal campaign contributions, appeared to grow with revelations that former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell had received large payments from companies involved in the contributions scandal after he left the administration. Many of those involved are longtime friends and backers of President Clinton. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

about the complicated process of naming newly created chemical elements. Dr. Becker is the Secretary-General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the body that decides disputes between laboratories each proposing their own chemical names.

, the U.N. Security Council continues it debate over the Israeli decision to build new homes in Arab East Jerusalem. So far, Israel has been criticized for the move...while the Palestinians enjoy nothing but support. European representatives have lashed out against the Netanyahu government, but Israel defiantly plans to go ahead with the construction.

In a small rural town in Massachusetts, there is a thriving business surrounding a car that hasn't been made in some thirty years. The Corvair... the car that launched the public safety career of Ralph Nader... was discontinued after concerns about the design of the car were made public. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR in Boston visited a business that sells parts for Corvairs... which still have a loyal following after all these years, both here in America and around the world.

NPR's Richard Harris reports on new developments in tobacco litigation. Following last week's announcement that the Liggett tobacco company had agreed to settle 22 state lawsuits against it, a court in Alabama has taken steps that could bar pending and future lawsuits against the cigarette maker - including suits brought by smokers, their survivors and second-hand smoke victims.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's news, including Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-Ga); President Bill Clinton at the 50th anniversary celebrations in honor of baseball player Jackie Robinson, and golfer Tiger Woods on winning the Masters tournament.

Liane speaks with NPR correspondents Mara Liasson and Brian Naylor about the lack of legislative action on Capitol Hill. Congress and the White House are blaming each other for what some Washington-watchers are calling a "Capitol Coma".

The U-S Congress is about to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or I.D.E.A. This law determines the quality of education for some five million students with disabilities. NPR's education correspondent Claudio Sanchez reports that rising costs and local debates will mean adjustments before the law is renewed.

COVID-19 has upended many people's lives. The latest federal eviction moratorium issued by the CDC is meant to last 60 days, and also give people better access to nearly $50 billion in aid.