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Soccer's world governing body has been rocked by a corruption scandal that forced current president Sepp Blatter to call for a new presidential election.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports on South Korean President Kim Dae Jung's visit to the White House today. He is expected to push for negotiations on curbing missile development in North Korea. Despite this, analysts say President Bush's plans for a missile defense system could cause Asian powers to expand their own weapons programs.

Despite what his supporters say, President Bush has far more in common with Richard Nixon than Ronald Reagan. That's the idea put forth in economist and syndicated columnist Bruce Bartlett's new book, Impostor.

As part of our stump-speech series, we broadcast an excerpt of Vice President Dick Cheney's stump speech, which he delivered Monday in New Jersey.

Umpqua Community College Wednesday appointed Dr. Walter Nolte as its new interim president.Nolte is 67. He began his career in the northwest as an…

Commentator Frank Deford has some words of wisdom for the incoming National Collegiate Athletic Association president, Myles Brand. He takes office January 1st.

President Bush didn't answer any questions from the audience at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington Wednesday. But senior news analyst Daniel Schorr has a few.

President Bush began what could be a difficult visit to Italy on Saturday. He met the Italian president and Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. The one-day visit could be overshadowed by large anti-war, anti-Bush rallies.

Students at the world's only university for the deaf, Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., are unhappy that Jane Fernandes was chosen as the school's new president. What lies behind the demonstrations?

The Russian-backed president of Chechnya and at least five others were killed Sunday in an explosion in the Chechen capital, Grozny. Among the dozens of wounded was Russia's senior military commander in the region. The bomb went off in a stadium where President Ahmed Kadyrov was attending celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany. Hear NPR's Cheryl Corley and Kim Murphy of The Los Angeles Times.