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The federal deficit is ballooning as the government tries to cushion the blow from the coronavirus pandemic. June's shortfall totals $864 billion — more than in an entire typical year.

For Democrats, the path to regaining the U.S. House runs through upstate New York. But a changing Democratic electorate in rural areas means it's a tough path.

U.S. credit card debt is about to tip over the $1 trillion mark. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mike Calhoun, president of the Center for Responsible Lending, about what the rise in debt means for the economy.

Women who were infected with Zika virus while abroad and then came to the U.S. had complications about 6 percent of the time, a study finds. First-trimester exposure was linked to more birth defects.

Steve Inskeep talks to Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent and CEO of The Soufan Group, about how the U.S. should shape its strategy to stop the self-proclaimed Islamic State from taking Iraqi cities.

Last weekend, more than 40 swimmers from around the country competed in the inaugural U.S. Winter Swimming Championship in northern Vermont. They swam in a two-lane pool cut into an icy lake.

In 2016, 7% of the nearly 3 million eligible overseas voters cast ballots. But they say they've never felt such urgency to participate in an election, and their votes could make a difference in 2020.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gary Sick, a senior research scholar at Columbia University's Middle East Institute, about the escalating conflict with Iran.

British and European Union negotiators in Brussels appeared to be closing in on a draft Brexit deal as the deadline for the U.K. to leave the EU approaches. Hope for a deal has since faded.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Alina Polyakova of the Brookings Institution about what's known about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and how U.S. efforts to combat it have fared.