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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist John Cannon about the dangers of destroying a hidden peatland in the Congo Basin that has locked in as much carbon dioxide as the world emits in three years.

You might have heard about the widening income gap. You might not know there's a life expectancy gap as well. The rich are outliving the poor by a wider margin than ever before, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with co-author Gary Burtless about the study.

Republicans on a House panel have summoned FBI Director James Comey to testify about his recommendation against prosecuting Hillary Clinton. The Justice Department has accepted Comey's recommendation.

President Trump and his national security team have made statements at odds with each other.

Advertisers are pulling out of Bill O'Reilly's show on Fox News after O'Reilly paid out millions to settle sexual harassment suits. Some women employees there are distressed he is still on the air.

Hundreds of migrants deported to Mexico are sent back through the Reynosa border crossing. It is Mexico's most dangerous border towns and foreign to many of those being sent there.

A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.

In addition to the two arrests, U.S. authorities charged about three dozen officers with China's national police force with using social media to harass dissidents inside the United States.

A drugs lord's exotic pets got out of control in Colombia — it's the tale of the so-called "cocaine hippos."

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting on the debt ceiling on Tuesday. Here's a look at their relationship.