The blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has prolonged fertilizer shortages. NPR's A Martinez asks farm owner John Halcomb how the shortage is affecting his farm and his outlook.

At a Senate hearing on the upcoming World Cup, lawmakers raised concerns about how travel, tourism and safety preparations are going.

The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody in Louisiana after she was detained earlier this month.

Without qualified interpreters at doctors' offices, non-English speakers can face bad — even fatal — health outcomes. A hospital in rural Colorado is training its existing bilingual staff to address the service gap.

The war in Iran has been dragging down President Trump's approval rating. A new focus group of swing voters finds broad displeasure with the president's handling of that war.

President Trump's attacks on Pope Leo are unprecedented, religious experts told NPR. Here's how the situation differs from other popes' political critiques.

President Trump said a second round of direct U.S.-Iran peace talks could resume in Pakistan within the next two days, even as he instituted a naval blockade of all Iranian ports.

Sometimes you just need to recombobulate. That word isn't in the dictionary, but it is on a beloved sign at Milwaukee's airport.

Ruben Ray Martinez is considered the first person to be killed by ICE during President Trump's second term. His mother believes his death could have been avoided.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with comedian Dave Chappelle about his investments in public media, the art of standup comedy and the town of Yellow Springs, Ohio.