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Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program involve seven nations, with domestic politics in Iran and the US inevitably driving the agenda.  Now Israel has been added to the equation — in the middle of an election campaign.  What are the prospects for reaching agreement?

Fifteen years after measles was declared eradicated in the United States, more than 70 people have come down with the disease — an outbreak that started at Disneyland. It's not enough cases to be a real epidemic. But public health officials are warning that too many people are refusing the vaccination that once eliminated a highly contagious, potentially deadly, disease.

Republican dominance on Capitol Hill has been welcomed by the right-to-life movement. But today, a dispute between moderates and conservatives led House leaders to pull a bill restricting late-term abortions. What's the message about majority party leadership — on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade?

Speaking last night to a Congress controlled by Republicans, President Obama sounded to some as if the Democrats won last November’s elections. He proposed legislation and issued veto threats. Can he dominate the agenda for the next two years?

Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have been held for years without any charges; half the remaining inmates have been cleared for release; military prosecutors have resigned in frustration. But, after six years in office, America's Commander in Chief has not been able to shut it down.

The mass of conflicting evidence released by prosecutors fed heated arguments about how and why Officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown last August in Ferguson, Missouri. That has sparked a broader debate about equal access to justice for black Americans. On this Martin Luther King Day, we are re-broadcasting a discussion that first aired on November 26.

America's top mortgage salesman says it's finally time for millennials to buy new homes. But his own daughter's not buying it. Their family argument illustrates what's good about President Obama's planned boost for the housing market and what's not.

Yesterday, conservative House Republicans denounced the President for being too lenient with undocumented immigrants. Today, moderate members attacked him for too many deportations. Can the GOP get its act together in time to show unity during next year's presidential campaigns?

Al Qaeda in Yemen now claims it ordered the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Should the western media be paying more attention to atrocities in that country — and to Nigeria, where civilians are being slaughtered by the thousands?

Charter schools may or not save public education, but they can be good for business. Even some non-profits are making money for education-management firms.