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Ohio Senator Rob Portman says the United States' needs to consider new sanctions on Russia's government in order to change its behavior.

Autoworkers are on strike at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, an unprecedented move by the United Auto Workers union. Already, there are ripple effects.

China's diplomacy has taken a strikingly "undiplomatic" turn, analysts say, as it counters U.S. accusations of starting the coronavirus.

2016 was the warmest year on record, according to a new report by the U.S. government. This is the third year in a row that global temperatures have soared above the 20th century average. The report comes ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump, who has at times, referred to global warming as a "hoax."

A rural road in northern New York has become a magnet for migrants who no longer want to stay in the U.S. Growing numbers are stepping into Canada, knowing Mounties immediately will arrest them.

Recent stories about men in the fundamentalist Christian community who "court" young women, including teenagers, raise the question: Is underage marriage even possible in the U.S.?

On Sunday, North Korea announced it was willing to hold diplomatic talks with the U.S. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Suzanne DiMaggio of New America about what to expect from possible discussions.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Natalia del Cid, who studies migration in El Salvador, about what happens to Central American immigrants when they return home after being deported from the U.S.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Curtis Melvin, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins U.S.-Korea Institute, about tourism to North Korea, and whether tourism ultimately benefits or harms the people.

A few months ago, health officials published a map that made it look like a big part of the U.S. was at high risk for Zika. Now they've released a new map that paints a very different picture.