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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ernest Moniz, former Secretary of Energy, about what the latest escalation with Iran might mean for the country's nuclear ambitions and potential negotiations.

Smithfield Foods didn't want to stop slaughtering hogs at its Sioux Falls pork plant, even after hundreds of workers got sick with the coronavirus. Then the city's mayor forced the company's hand.

In California, more than 660,000 people filed for unemployment last week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Julie Su, secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

The National Weather Service in Houston said the amount of rainfall in Houston and Galveston on Thursday was "one for the record books." At least four deaths have been blamed on the storm.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., about the call between President Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and House Democrats' calls for an impeachment hearing.

Washington is closing out a week that included a vortex of developments involving President Trump, Congress and the 2020 election. Here's what may be around the corner.

Chinese intelligence officers like to use the professional social network — in which people often accept pings from strangers — to recruit sources within the U.S. government.

Facing a federal lawsuit by an anti-LGBT group, city officials are considering repealing the 2017 ban. Officials say a repeal may avoid setting a nationwide precedent if judges side against the city.

Police say the men attacked officers as they were investigating the crime scene and were shot dead in self-defense. Many are celebrating swift, sure justice; others call it an extrajudicial execution.

The Massachusetts senator has pushed corporate regulation and fighting corruption as campaign centerpieces since early on. So how did "Medicare for All" come to define her platform while support slid?

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho about his reaction to the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

The president said no Americans were harmed after Iran launched missile strikes against U.S. military forces in Iraq in apparent retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Both Democrats and Republicans argue Michael Horowitz's findings bolster their own arguments about the Justice Department's Russia investigation. Horowitz pushed back in a Senate Judiciary hearing.

The U.S. killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has boosted Saudi fears about becoming embroiled in escalating U.S.-Iran tensions.

In Albany, N.Y., three men use their own experiences to set teens on the right path. Efforts by individuals can sometimes have an outsized impact in the fight against poverty.

Bonnie, the "rebellious" one, began her career as a duo before being joined by another, then another, of her siblings, becoming one of the foremost vocal groups of the '70s.

Recent primaries have exposed an overtaxed voting system and raised questions about how much can be fixed by November.

Gen. Mark Milley's recent apology for walking with President Trump to his church photo op has prompted discussion about how the military maintains nonpartisanship under a Trump administration.

Rick Bright, who filed a complaint after being removed from his government post working on the coronavirus, said he raised alarms about critical supply shortages early on.

An uproar followed comments by Sanofi's CEO that if the company develops a vaccine, doses would likely go to Americans first. The board president later insisted, "Any vaccine will be a public good."