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The article reports on the Democrats' first week in charge of the House and Senate. The House passed a number of ethics reforms and began a 100-hour period in which they hope to accomplish a number of reforms, including an increase in the minimum wage, an increase in federal funds for stem cell research, implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, repealing tax breaks for oil companies, halving interest rates on student loans, and allowing government to negotiate Medicare prices.

This article offers news briefs about U.S. politics. Joshua Bolten, future United States White House Chief of Staff, was spotted attending some of the Washington Nationals baseball team spring training games. American officials studying Cuba believe that dictator Fidel Castro's Parkinson's disease is becoming uncontrollable.

There are algorithms, impossibly abstruse mathematical models, all kinds of things NASA's legions of experts will be looking at to understand the causes of the tragic failure of Flight STS-107 over the dusty ranchlands of east Texas. One key question is whether any of the critical insulating tiles were dislodged or damaged during Columbia's liftoff on January 16. There will be other questions, of course, besides the technical ones. Did repeated budget cuts at the agency--NASA has been forced to pare its budget 40 percent over the past decade--result in undue safety and maintenance cutbacks? Did agency executives, eager to please a stingy Congress, pledge to do unreasonably more with less? Management of outside contractors, long a failing at the agency, will be examined. There will be time for all of those questions and more. Now, however, it is time to mourn seven heroes who vanished one winter morning in that eerie blue sky. INSET: FINAL JOURNEY.

Reports on the increased pressure that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has put on Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic with its stepped-up air attacks. Attack on Milosevic's mansion; Arrival of the first Apache helicopters in Albania; Additional troops sent into Kosovo by Milosevic; The different wars that NATO and Milosevic are fighting. INSETS: Making a deal, Moscow style, by Christian Caryl;Why did it take so long to send the Apaches?, by R.J.N. et al.

Discusses the grand jury report released by Kenneth Starr regarding United States President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Details of the report's contents; Starr's grounds for impeachment; Response of Clinton's lawyers; Clinton and his constitutional duties; Clinton's approval rating; Congressional response to the report; Gravity of the charges against Clinton. INSETS: How to talk to your kids about Clinton and you-know-what;Personal repair, she says, is his job, by Kenneth T. Walsh.

The article presents news briefs related to U.S. politics focused in Washington, D.C. A birthday celebration is being planned in the capital for onetime antiwar Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. Key planners for the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum include aide Karl Rove and two others. A report by the Woman's Campaign Forum recommends women donate more money to political campaigns.

Offers news briefs related to U.S. politics. Review of U.S. Congressman who drive hybrid vehicles, including Representative Jeb Bradley of New Hampshire and Senator Barbara Boxer of California; Fear on the part of U.S. officials that North Korea would take weapons inspection teams hostage; Potential candidates for the position of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice; Reaction of new top aides and cabinet members within the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to the President's work schedule; Others.

Evaluates Ford Motor Company's F-150 automobile.

Presents news briefs related to politics and government in the United States as of September 18, 2000. Opinions of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush on the country's military readiness; The China service ordered by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Donation records which have been broken by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in its bid to regain the House majority; Others.

The article offers Washington D.C. political news briefs. It is rumored that U.S. President George W. Bush is annoyed that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hasn't returned his phone calls to congratulate her work in the presidential election. The White House chefs claim that gingerbread cookies made to resemble Barney, the first family's dog, remain popular during Christmas time. Former Indiana congressman Lee Hamilton refused U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's offer to work at the State Department.

The article offers news briefs about Washington, D.C. Actor and presidential candidate Senator Fred Thompson is not certain to raise money in Hollywood. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will host a segment on ESPN about a University of Arkansas student/athlete. Since being restricted to the confines of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, one official described the experience as similar to reality television show "Survivor."

The article focuses on the impact of the U.S. immigration reform bill on businesses in the U.S. Reportedly, the proposed legislation would provide reliable workers, increase the number of visas for high-tech skilled workers, and grant many of the illegal immigrants already in the country legal status.

The article discusses U.S. Congressional leadership after the 2006 U.S. midterm elections. Instead of addressing what a voter survey showed as the main issues--corruption and the Iraq war--both political parties concentrated on leadership appointments. Democratic Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi saw her candidate for Majority Leader, U.S. Representative John Murtha, lose to U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer. Republicans restored the once-disgraced U.S. Senator Trent Lott to be Minority Whip.

This article reports on the invitation of United States Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings by television game show host Alex Trebek to play "Celebrity Jeopardy." Spellings was worried she would fail against the Hollywood celebrities she would face. She had help from daughters to do her homework on music, movies, pop culture and television shows to prepare for the game show.

Presents news briefs related to politics and events in the United States. Focus on complaints made by White House Correspondents Association during the 2004 presidential campaign; Burglary that took place at the offices of Sirius Satellite Radio in Los Angeles, California; Report that country musician Darryl Worley is teaming with the Civil War Preservation Trust to save battlefields that are endangered by development; Statement that President George W. Bush will probably not throw the first pitch for the Boston Red Sox baseball team because of fears that he will be booed; Discussion of the firing of the U.S. Treasury Secretary, John Snow, by Bush; Report that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing have been given the ability to rent their presses to print foreign currency; Possibility that Bush spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise will become the Central Intelligence Agency press secretary.

Comments on recent political developments in Washington, D.C. Importance of the Republican National Convention for George W. Bush's re-election campaign; Growing appeal of careers in the intelligence service; Similarity between Lynne Cheney and Nancy Reagan in their preference for wearing red; Others.

Presents news briefs related to politics and government in the United States. End to the Office of Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Opium harvest in Afghanistan and the reaction of U.S. State Department officials; Bill Clinton's testimony before the commission investigating the attacks of September 11th; Others.

Presents several news briefs related to politics in the United States. Message of AARP CEO Bill Novelli to liberal critics of his support for the Republican Medicare plan; Visit of former President Bush to the White House; Views of Congressional representative Sherwood Boehlert on recent moves by the New York Yankees baseball team; Delivery of erroneous position statements to supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Howard Dean; Others.

Interviews Sean O'Keefe who runs the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Addressing the issue of safety on the space shuttle; Reaction to US President George W. Bush to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; His opinion that budget cuts did not effect safety.

Provides political news briefs from the United States. How many of President George W. Bush's senior appointees are quitting; Discussion of the hotel accommodations at the opening of Bill Clinton's museum and library; Discussion of Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill; How war correspondents are booking rooms in Kuwait; Mention of the 'USA Today' Beijing, China bureau.

Speculates the U.S. President George W. Bush will not be able to help weak Republican candidates win elections during the 2002 elections. Statement from Republican Party Chairman Marc Racicot that Bush has no coattails; Statements from Democrat Terry McAuliffe; Coattails of Ronald Reagan; Number of House seats that the Democrats picked up when U.S. President Bill Clinton faced impeachment.

Gives news briefs relating to U.S. politics and government as of August 5, 2002. Behavior of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell while on the board of directors for AOL Time Warner; Political strategy of Republicans to send aides, lawyers, and lobbyists to key House districts to promote GOP candidates; Government spending plans in light of the attitudes of voters.

Presents news briefs related to the United States government as of December 31, 2001. Expectation that Pat Wood III, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will be investigated by Congress for his role in the Enron bankruptcy; Efforts of the U.S. Customs Service to stop cash funneling to terrorists; Outlook for a television show modeled after New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's successful 2000 campaign; Others.

Presents brief articles related to United States politics and government as of November 19, 2001. Report that the Taliban has granted Afghan citizenship to the terrorist Osama bin Laden; Increase of the number of people taking the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service exam to apply for diplomatic service; Mention of how the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is amassing a database of unsoliticed electronic mail messages for possible use in litigation; Others.

Focuses on Bill Press, the co-host of the television program 'Crossfire,' who has written a book, 'Spin This!' His view that everyone adjusts the truth in order to survive; His thoughts on the ability of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and John Edwards to create so-called spin.

Discusses how terrorist Osama bin Laden and members of his al Qaeda group may be responsible for the attack on the United States. Skill of the terrorists; Evidence which the terrorists have left behind; How bin Laden finances terrorist attacks; Investigation of countries that support terrorist groups.

Presents news briefs related to United States politics as of January 8, 2001. Plan of U.S. representative Richard Holbrooke of the United Nations (UN) to address his concerns over the participation of the U.S. in foreign events; Discussion of U.S. President Bill Clinton's final days in office; Role of Osama bin Laden in the U.S. negotiated peace agreements between Israelis and Palestinians.

Presents news briefs related to politics in the United States as of December 25, 2000. Prediction by Republicans that redistricting in 2001 could give them additional seats in Congress; Discussion of attention that U.S. Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is receiving from the media; How U.S. Secret Service agents coordinate their clothes to match the style of the individual they are protecting; Others.

Presents Washington, D.C. news briefs as of December, 2000. Mention of United States District Court Judge Royce Lamberth's surprise visit to the White House to inspect computer security; Mention of National Rifle Association Charlton Heston's book titled 'The Courage To Be Free'; Media relations with the Bill Clinton administration in White House; Others.

Presents United States news briefs as of December 4, 2000. Discussion of the television program 'Pentagon'; How Republican lawyers are searching for federal civil rights law to determine if they can require U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to charge Florida Democrats for conspiring to block the counting of absentee voting ballots; Plan of a military attack on Osama bin Laden in response to the terrorist attack on the USS Cole; Others.

Offers news briefs related to Washington, D.C. as of November 27, 2000. Why lobbyists love the presidential election crisis; Details of the White House known by correspondent Mark Knoller; Possible resignation of United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt; Debt projected for the U.S. Postal Service; Other issues.

Offers news briefs pertaining to United States federal politics for November 20, 2000. Scenarios for political control of the Senate as Republicans (GOP) and Democrats appear to be tied for seats; Bureaucrats who attended filming of the motion picture 'Traffic' to play themselves in a party scene produced by Laura Bickford; Speculation on the continuation of GOP outreach to blacks; Investigation of Rand, a nonpartisan think tank, for releasing a pre-election study that discredited education in Texas; Others.

Presents briefs related to politics in the United States as of November 13, 2000. Speculation on changes in uniform policy by the U.S. Army; Performance of White House press secretary Jake Siewert; Surgery of former President George Bush; Others.

Offers news briefs related to Washington D.C. as of November 6, 2000. Details on the `Plum Book' which lists thousands of federal jobs, along with their salaries, that are subject to a presidential appointment; Celebrities that Al Gore or George W. Bush would invite to the White House if elected president; Tour of the White House taken by Jerry Seinfeld and his wife Jessica Sklar; Nude shots of Paula Jones published in `Penthouse'; Other news.

Presents several political-related news briefs in the United States as of October 30, 2000. Suggestion that if U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton win their respective campaigns it will solidify U.S. President Bill Clinton's legacy; Questions the intelligence of U.S. presidential candidate Texas Governor George W. Bush; Plans of Bush to expand a U.S. conservation fund; More.

Presents several United States news briefs as of October 23, 2000. Details of a question asked to Joel Foss on the television program 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,' which was related to the exaggerations of Vice President Al Gore; Discussion of the type of car driven by House of Representative Robert Bennett of Utah; How George Tenet told the U.S. government that Israel was preparing helicopter raids on the Palestinians; More.

Offers news briefs pertaining to United States politics for October 16, 2000. Reason for the Center for the Study of the Presidency's 'Report to the President-Elect 2000'; Publicity anticipated with the December issue of 'Penthouse' in which Paula Corbin Jones appears in a nude pictorial; Delay in the efforts of the Air Force Association to install a memorial close to the Iwo Jima statue near Arlington National Cemetery.

Presents news briefs related to United States politics and government as of October 2, 2000. Career plans of President Bill Clinton upon the end of his term in January 2001; Details of painter Ronald Sherr's portrait of former president George Bush; Reaction of U.S. intelligence analysts to rumors regarding the health of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Others.

Offers world news briefs as of September 25, 2000. View of former United States President George Bush on presidential debates; Television commentator Rowland Evans who was diagnosed with cancer; Cabinet members of US President Bill Clinton who are running for political office; Others.

Presents several news briefs related to the United States government as of September 11, 2000. Opposition of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secret agents donating blood to the American Red Cross; What the handwriting of presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush reveals about their personalities; More.

Offers news related to politics and government in the United States as of August 28, 2000. Speculation about slander which may occur before the 2000 presidential elections; Political prowess exhibited by Chelsea Clinton; Offer by talk show host Jerry Springer to publicly support presidential candidate Al Gore; Use of the Internet by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

Presents United States political news briefs for the week ended August 14, 2000. Negotiations for public debates between United States Presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore; Aversion of Governor Bush to cell phones while at meetings; Modesty of Mike Gerson, who wrote Bush's speech for the Republican National Convention; How Gore hopes to distance himself from President Bill Clinton in the 2000 election.

Presents news briefs from United States politics as of August 7, 2000. How U.S. presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush should put together a list of advisers and department heads; Appearance of Democratic consultant James Carville in a Captain Morgan advertisement; Republican vice-presidential candidate Dick Cheney's interest in fly fishing; Why Dan Quayle is not appearing at the 2000 Republican National Convention; Others;

Offers news briefs related to the United States presidential candidates, as of July 24, 2000, and other political topics. Report that the Clintons will probably leave the White House owing between $3 million and $5 million to defense lawyers; Decision of George W. Bush to not utilize speech writers for an address of the Republican National Convention; Possible combination of Vice President Al Gore and House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt on the Democratic ticket; Others.

Offers several news briefs from the United States, as of July 17, 2000. Comparison between the increased gasoline prices to episodes of the 'Andy Griffith Show'; Campaign by President Bill Clinton to gain minority voters; Debate over who presidential candidate George W. Bush will choose as a running mate; Proposal by Vice President Al Gore to give incentives to those using cleaner, more efficient energy; Others.

Presents United States government related news briefs as of July 10, 2000. Time lines scheduled for the announcement of running mates for US presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush; Fundraising plans surrounding Governor George W. Bush's 54th birthday; Findings from a report by the National Drug Intelligence Center regarding the drug ecstasy; Others.

Presents news briefs from the United States as of June 19, 2000. Alleged ecstasy peddling by United States Navy sailors in Washington gay bars; Discussion of President Bill Clinton's shopping habits; Efforts of the group Arkansans Against Hillary (AARG) to ruin Hillary Clinton's chances of becoming the next senator of New York; Others.

Presents news briefs related to United States Politics as of June 12, 2000. Opposition to the construction of a World War II memorial; View that US president Bill Clinton should allow vice president Al Gore to act as president because proof of his ability could help his candidacy for president; Rumor that presidential candidate George W. Bush will name choices for his cabinet before he is elected; Others.

Presents news briefs related to United States politics as of June 5, 2000. Allegations of security violations by US ambassadorial nominees to overseas posts; Efforts of investor Gary Silversmith to restore the presidential yacht Sequoia; Speculation that Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts is a strong contender to be selected as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2000 election; Others.

Presents news briefs related to United States politics as of May 29, 2000. Expectations that US President Bill Clinton will face troubles with other ex-presidents and the media upon completion of his term; Views of Pat Buchanan and ideas for the Reform Party; Plans of US President Bill Clinton to designate land in Alaska as a national monument; Others.