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Reports that U.S. president George W. Bush has praised the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, for his commitment to democracy in Washington.

Reports United States President Bill Clinton's response to his February 12, 1999 acquittal by the US Senate on impeachment charges. The brevity of his Rose Garden statement to the press and his response to a reporter's question about forgiveness; His statement to White House staff; Calls to Democratic Senators.

Reports United States President Bill Clinton's December 19, 1998 statement in response to the House of Representatives' vote of impeachment. His declaration of his determination not to resign; Announcement of suspension of bomb attacks on Iraq; Washington, D.C. demonstrations of protest against and support for Congressional impeachment proceedings and US military strikes against Iraq; Evidence of the partisanship surrounding the impeachment vote.

Reports on United States President Bill Clinton's plans to announce the name of his Labrador puppy at the White House, on December 17, 1997. The media inquiries relating to the three-month-old puppy; Comments from the president; When the dog first appeared at the White House.

Reports that United States President Bill Clinton has installed a hot tub near the South Lawn of the White House. Value of tub; Comments from Steve Hammmock, president of the Watkins Manufacturing Corporation.

Focuses on the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House. The noise from the White House trickling in during the night; The history of the bedroom; The use of the bedroom by campaign contributors to the Democratic National Committee.

Focuses on statements made by United States President Bill Clinton during a September 16, 1998 news conference at the State Department with Czech President Vaclav Havel. The conference as the president's first since release of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's report to Congress on his investigation; Interest of reporters in questions about Clinton's moral authority and grip on the presidency; Details.

Focuses on United States President Bill Clinton's address to clergy at an annual White House prayer breakfast on September 11, 1998. Proximity of the meeting to the release of the independent counsel's report to the House of Representatives on the investigation of the president's relationship with Monica Lewinsky; Clinton's first request for forgiveness from Lewinsky; His determination to defend himself against the effects of the report; Details.

Focuses on United States President Bill Clinton as he prepares to face a Washington, D.C. grand jury's questions about his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Lack of advice available to the president; Political importance of his testimony; Number of his supporters who have left town; Signs that the president feels isolated and pressured; Responses of his aides and advisers.

Reports that family members and Congressional leaders were among those who attended the July 28, 1998 tribute to two Washington D.C., policemen, Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson, who were killed on July 24, 1998, by a man who tried to shoot his way into the Capitol building. Tributes that were paid to the two officers, whose coffins rested at the center of the Capitol's rotunda all day; Other details on the day of public mourning.

Focuses on witnesses and authorities' recount of the killing of Capitol Police Officer Jacob Chestnut and Special Agent John Gibson on Capitol Hill on July 24, 1998. Description of the weapon used by suspect Russell E. Weston Jr. to kill the officers; Reaction of people in the Capitol at the time of the incident; In-depth look at how the incident unfolded.

Discusses the remarks of United States President Bill Clinton at the graduation ceremony for his daughter Chelsea, at the Sidwell Friends School, in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 1997. Advice he gave to the graduates; The absence of reporters at the graduation; The attempts by the Clintons to protect Chelsea from the media.

Reports that in Washington, the Dole campaign released an updated version of a commercial criticizing President Clinton for his past use of illegal drugs. Other commercials released by Dole's campaign.