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Host Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem about moves to dissolve the Israeli Parliament and hold early elections. The opposition Likud Party sponsored the motion, citing dissatisfaction with the Barak government's handling of the Palestinian uprising.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on a hearing held Friday to discuss the legality of holding a new election in Palm Beach County. Lawsuits argue that ballots used in the county were confusing and caused Democratic supporters to mistakenly cast their votes for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanon.

Mass. man builds an outhouse so he can properly host football parties.

The Senate has approved federal judge Michael Chertoff head the Department of Homeland Security. Chertoff's confirmation was never in doubt; members of both parties praised him throughout confirmation hearings.

President Bush's twin daughters were treated like movie stars when they arrived at a New York party celebrating the Republican Convention. Los Angeles Times columnist Patt Morrison says the glamour factor is a staple at political conventions.

The Republican platform committee has approved a draft reaffirming the party's endorsement of a constitutional ban on abortion. We talk with Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), one of the Senate's staunchest abortion opponents.

"Compassionate conservatism" and diversity within the Republican Party were the main themes of the GOP convention Tuesday night. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Linda Chavez, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity.

With any modicum of democracy absent from the political conventions, the two parties strive to remake their conventions from being largely dull to vaguely interesting. Commentator John Ridley looks at how the Republicans are trying to enliven theirs.

The Republican Party won every statewide office. Florida gave the GOP four additional seats in the U.S. House.

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