There are signs negotiators are making progress toward a nuclear deal with Iran For the first time in months, European negotiators report progress in nuclear talks with Iran and the U.S. An agreement would revive an Obama-era pact that President Donald Trump abandoned. Peter Kenyon
A look back at attacks on voting rights in 2021 — and what could be next NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wendy Weiser, who directs the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the threats to our elections in 2022 and 2024. Alejandra Marquez Janse
Retired general warns the U.S. military could lead a coup after the 2024 election Retired Major General Paul Eaton says war-gaming and civics education could help assure that the military is better prepared for a contested election. Ashish Valentine
Biden again calls on Putin to de-escalate tensions along Ukraine border It was the second time the two leaders spoke this month, as Russia has assembled as many as 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, prompting fears of an invasion. Franco Ordoñez
How Dan Bongino is building a right-wing media empire on his own terms NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Evan Osnos of The New Yorker about radio host Dan Bongino, who calls masks "face diapers," opposes vaccine mandates and says the 2016 and 2020 elections were rigged. Mano Sundaresan
The expanded child tax credit expires Friday after Congress failed to renew it Because the Build Back Better agenda was not passed by the Senate before the end of the year, the last payment of the expanded child tax credit program went out this month. Deepa Shivaram
As the Jan. 6 attack anniversary nears, one Capitol officer fears a violent repeat Ten months after U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell thought he'd die as Capitol rioters pummeled him, he's still working to recover his mental and physical health. Amy Isackson
President Biden promised to reform immigration policy. How has that been going? President Biden had an ambitious agenda to overhaul the nation's border policies. But as the end of the year approaches, many of those proposals have been blocked, reversed or simply abandoned. Carrie Kahn
What public health experts say about the about the CDC's new quarantine guidelines Many public health experts are pushing for stronger measures than the Biden administration and governors are willing to take to reduce impacts from the growing omicron wave. Why the disconnect? Yuki Noguchi
Biden will speak by phone with Putin as Russia ramps up presence on Ukraine border The request for a call on Thursday came from the Kremlin. The White House said, "It will take a high level of engagement to address this and to try to find a path to de-escalation." Alana Wise