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NPR's Brian Naylor reports from the Capitol on Democratic reaction to Al Gore's continued legal pursuit of the presidency. Right now, Democrats seem united in their support of the Vice President, but many are also considering how they'll work with a Bush administration. With the Senate split evenly down party lines, party leaders say they'll expect to share power with the GOP in any case.

In Austria, Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party is involved in a scandal over paying police to spy on its opposition. NPR's Guy Raz reports that national support for Haider's party has fallen in the last few weeks, and critics of the politician say the scandal is proof that he is a dangerous person. Haider's popularity in his home province however, is still high.

President Bush accepts the Republican Party's nomination for re-election Thursday, the last night of the party's convention in New York. Experts and delegates alike say the president's acceptance speech may be the most important of his re-election campaign. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel.

Iraq's governing council has begun implementing a U.S.-backed plan to remove former high-level Baath Party members from their jobs. But some Iraqis say the policy unfairly punishes former Baathists who joined the party to advance their careers but did not participate in any of its crimes. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

A bipartisan deal averts a Senate showdown over judicial nominees that had been expected Tuesday. The agreement was reached by seven senators from each party but does not have the support of either party's leaders.

It's widely viewed that the Democratic presidential nominee may be decided by the party's superdelegates. Democratic strategist Tad Devine talks about the origins of superdelegates and how a protracted Democratic presidential nomination contest could affect the party's chances in the general election.

Far-right candidate Giorgia Meloni is poised to be Italy's next prime minister. Her Brothers of Italy party has roots in the neo-fascist movement that emerged after World War II.

House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin opened the trial with video of the scenes of pro-Trump rioters breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6. Many senators panned the former president's defense team.

Cloverfield, a new monster movie set in New York and filmed almost entirely on hand-held camcorders, is produced by J.J. Abrams, the man behind the hit TV show Lost.

When Ethiopia barred its best distance runner from competing in the 2016 Olympics, many saw it as an act of ethnic discrimination. Another runner from the same ethnic group says he was exiled.