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U.S. officials have confirmed that Iran has released four Americans - including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian. Scott Simon talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon what it means for US-Iran relations.

The water in Flint, Mich., is contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead. The president has now declared a state of emergency and authorized FEMA to provide assistance.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that Iran has shrunk its nuclear program enough to have sanctions lifted. From banking to pistachios, here's a look at what will happen next.

The Iran prisoner exchange was not an easy decision at the White House. NPR's Scott Horsley talks about some of the factors at play.

Sikh-Americans in Fresno, Calif., are apprehensive in the wake of two recent attacks in the area on elderly Sikh men.

His State of the Union address said we should be able to wipe out malaria. Progress has been enormous — but researchers are alarmed by new twists.

It's the last debate for the Democrats before the first votes will be cast in Iowa, where Hillary Clinton and Vermont independent Bernie Sanders are locked in a neck-and-neck race.

While negotiations over a nuclear deal between the United States and Iran began two years ago, smaller efforts for diplomacy go back to the last decade.

The federal government is stepping up its deportation raids, though authorities say criminals are the priority. Still, the actions are sending a chill through the Central American immigrant community.