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Congresswoman Jane Harman of the 36th District is one of the best-known Democratic hawks in the country. But that visibility has made her vulnerable to a challenge from antiwar activists in her liberal Southern California district's upcoming primary. Rachael Myrow of member station KPCC in Los Angeles reports.

The late investigative reporter Jack Anderson used many government sources to cover stories. His family wants to donate his papers to George Washington University. But the FBI wants to review the archive and remove items it deems confidential. Anderson's family plans to fight the request.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge approval of the Bush administration's latest emergency funding request. The Bush administration has requested $91 billion, mainly to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

From ads to music, the airwaves and circuits are filled with messages and images about sex. Tweens -- kids roughly between the age of 8 and 12 -- are especially vulnerable to these suggestions, since they are what marketers call "age aspirational."

The retrial of former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski and Chief Financial Officer Mark H. Swartz ends in convictions for both men on charges including grand larceny and stock fraud. They were accused of stealing more than $600 million from the company.

Prices for stock in Google keep climbing. James Stewart, SmartMoney magazine editor at large, discusses investing in the Internet search engine -- when it's time to sell and why it's so hard to do it.

It's been too dangerous for many Ukrainians to leave their house — let alone make an escape. But some have found ways to cross the frontlines, navigating dangerous check points, to safer areas.

Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University Law School has identified five different types of legal conservatism. Rosen discusses these distinctions as well as the category of conservatism he applies to Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts.

President Bush visits New Orleans and nearby parishes that were hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina. The president spent the night aboard the USS Iwo Jima docked in the Mississippi River near downtown New Orleans.

Two pitching-rich ballclubs meet in the World Series. The host Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros are definitely well-armed. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport and Scott Simon preview the matchup.

In Los Angeles, Korean American leaders have been marking 30 years since riots tore apart the city following the beating of Rodney King. Korean-run businesses were disproportionately destroyed.

The Abu Ghraib prison scandal, clergy sex abuse, corporate corruption. Are such abuses forms of discrimination -- based on distinctions of rank in business or society -- even more severe than racism? NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Robert Fuller, author of Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank.

Around the world, landmines kill and injure thousands of people a year, most of them civilians. The Biden administration is restricting their use and continuing to help countries clear minefields.

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to make the products less addictive. And the agency may move to pull Juul e-cigarettes off the market.

The U.S., Canada and Mexico will host the first-ever 48-team World Cup. Sixty of the matches will be played at stadiums across the U.S.

In 2021, Zoe Turner survived a flood in which 20 of her neighbors died. With the help of Damon Mitchell, she recorded a diary about the flooding which happened during her senior year of high school.

A Martinez speaks with Michael Green, formerly Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's legacy.

A new book argues that Motown was a step in the evolution of the American popular song, a tradition reaching back to songwriters like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Shirley Bassey, famed singer of James Bond's "Goldfinger," releases a CD revamping some of her classic hits and introducing new songs, including a cover of Pink's "Get the Party Started."

After a rendition on American Idol, a tune by Jeff Buckley rocked the iTunes charts. Offering a tour of Buckley's career is David Browne, music journalist and author of Dream Brother, a dual biography of Jeff and his father Tim.