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President Trump is sending two of his top negotiators, though not the vice president, to Pakistan to meet with Iranian officials.
As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the White House says the president wants them to hear the Iranians out.
The Justice Department is dropping its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
The decision likely paves the way for the Senate to confirm President Trump's nominee to head the central bank, Kevin Warsh.
Wildfires burning across parts of Georgia and Florida are being fueled by extreme drought, high winds, and dry vegetation.
Georgia's governor says more than 120 homes have been destroyed in his state.
Emily Jones of member station WABE in Atlanta says evacuation orders are being constantly updated.
because shifting winds are forcing the fires to change direction.
There is not much rain forecast for Georgia's rural southwest, the area being hardest hit.
A United Nations-backed report on food crises around the world finds that food insecurity and malnutrition remain, quote, alarmingly high, and that acute hunger has doubled over the past decade.
NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports.
Canada is seeing a surge in applications for citizenship from Americans after Canadian law changed in December, loosening the requirements.
It opened citizenship to anyone who can prove they have a Canadian ancestor, not just a parent.
Under the new law, descendants of Canadians are now considered citizens
but they must provide proof to obtain a certificate of citizenship.
Immigration lawyers in the U.S.