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Immigration agents are rounding up Central American families who entered the U.S. illegally within the past two years. They are mainly mothers with children whose asylum claims have been rejected.

U.S. News & World Report's annual diet rankings give top marks to a meal-replacement plan to shed pounds fast. There's also a low-carb diet to stave off cravings; its virtues are sung in a new book.

Some in the community of Burns, Ore., welcome the attention on long-running conflict between ranchers and the federal government. Others question the out-of-town militants' tactics and goals.

President Obama formally announced Tuesday new executive actions on gun control. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Rep. Bradley Byrne of Alabama for the reaction from Republican lawmakers.

The State Department says the U.S. is not going to be the "referee" in the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran, but their dispute threatens U.S. goals in the region.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Charles Duxbury about the scene at the border between Denmark and Sweden Monday as officials implemented tighter controls.

The city of Paris has begun commemorating the anniversary of the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket. The attacks, which took place a year ago on Thursday, left 17 people dead.

The choice of the young Indian-American governor fuels speculation that she could be a possible vice presidential pick. But the high-profile slot hasn't been kind to other rising stars in the past.

With the Texas senator encroaching on him in polls, Trump is now questioning whether the Canadian-born Cruz would be eligible for the White House. Many legal scholars have weighed in that he would.

The Army and other military services must begin to recruit, train and place women in the infantry, special operations and other units — and that process might not be complete until next year.