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President Bush has strong words of support for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying during a visit to the Pentagon that the defense chief is doing a "superb job." Some lawmakers have called for Rumsfeld to resign over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Citigroup agrees to pay $2.65 billion to settle a class-action suit brought by investors over its role in the WorldCom scandal. Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney issued optimistic research reports on WorldCom and helped it raise money by selling its securities. The money will be paid to those who held company shares between 1999 and 2002, when the telecom giant declared bankruptcy. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Research suggests less than 5 percent of students at America's top colleges and universities come from low-income families. Many of these elite institutions recognize the problem and are taking steps to boost economic diversity on campus -- such as offering full scholarships for underprivileged students. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

The commander of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq vows to address cases of abuse against Iraqi prisoners. But Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller says there are no plans to shut down Abu Ghraib prison, site of reported abuses. Meanwhile, Army Pfc. Lynddie England became the seventh soldier to face criminal charges in the abuse scandal.

NPR's series on new religious movements continues today with the fastest growing Christian church. The Toronto Blessing is a Pentecostal church, in which the worshippers display a personal, physical connection with God through manifestations such as speaking in tongues and barking like dogs. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who wrote the report on Iraqi prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, appears Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. In his report, Taguba chides military intelligence officials for putting under their command poorly trained military police at Abu Ghraib and for involving them in efforts to make detainees more cooperative in interrogation sessions. NPR's David Welna reports.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, leader of an independent panel investigating allegations of corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food program managed by the United Nations, says his team must be given full access to documents in Baghdad. But the panel is only one of several investigations underway, and questions have arisen over which group should have the documents first. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba authored the investigative report about abuses of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison at the hands of American soldiers. His report has proved embarrassing to the Pentagon and the White House. But Taguba, the second-highest ranking Filipino-American officer in the U.S. Army, is a source of pride to the Filipino-American community. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

California is fighting a costly battle against an industrial chemical that has leaked into the state's groundwater. The state suggests even tiny amounts of perchlorate are worrisome, but other say there's little evidence of illness. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports in the first of a two-part series.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about the response in Washington to the scandal over abuses of Iraqi prisoners.