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Brazil will host Copa America, one of the world's top soccer tournaments, after original host Argentina was dropped due to a surge in COVID cases. But Brazil also has been hit hard by the pandemic.

The U.S. killed Iran's top general in a strike at Baghdad airport. NPR's Noel King talks to Robin Wright, contributing writer to The New Yorker, about rising diplomatic tensions in the region.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute about why she thinks killing a top Iranian general was a shrewd move by the Trump administration.

With President Biden and other Democratic leaders in their 70s and 80s, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee says recruiting younger candidates will be among his top priorities.

The Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs are likely to drop to historically low levels later this year, prompting mandatory conservation by some of the river’s heaviest users.

Although I talked about nicknames a few episodes ago, I have an update. Joel’s new nickname for me is Large Curd. I’m just about as impressed with this…

Thousands of state lawmakers are expected to return to their capitols in 2021 for a new legislative session. But the pandemic and political divisions are making that harder than ever.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said Sunday that all U.S. sanctions must end before Tehran will return to its commitment under the 2015 nuclear accord.

As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.

Top Democrats are vowing to intensify their scrutiny of Big Banks as they look to push the sector to do more for average Americans and underserved communities.