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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bahareh Shargi, wife of American businessman Emad Shargi, who's been held in an Iranian prison for more than three years.

President Biden campaigned on the most ambitious climate agenda of any major party candidate. But the cornerstone of his plan appears doomed in Congress, rejected by a Democrat from a coal state.

President Biden addresses the Omicron variant in a speech Tuesday. Some health officials say Biden has fallen short on COVID testing. The Pentagon is updating its policies on extremism in its ranks.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown about jury deliberations which are underway in the sex trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Israel is banning its citizens from traveling to the U.S. and dozens of other countries, hoping to control the newest coronavirus variant, and allow Israel to avoid shutting down the economy.

After experiencing tinnitus following her first COVID vaccine dose, musician Beata Moon decided against a second dose. Now she's facing the consequences of not being fully vaccinated in New York City.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to ProPublica reporter Ken Ward Jr. about the political forces that shaped West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to President Biden's Build Back Better bill.

President Biden has worked to focus his foreign policy on China. But provocations from Russia keep pulling him away.

Two consecutive years of escalating gun violence and homicides leave big cities and small towns reeling as they search for ways to regain control of a problem with many causes.

The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.