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All around the country, drivers are seeing signs that gas prices are depressed. Those drops helped hold down the latest consumer price index. But economists worry about too much of a good thing.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer for The New Yorker, about the legal logic of the case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Studies warn that climate change will threaten corn production in coming decades. Meanwhile, farmers are experimenting with new planting methods in hopes of slowing soil erosion from torrential rains.

Leaders of the National School Board Association say they're concerned about "federal overreach on school meals." But the first lady maintains that now is not the time to turn back the standards.

Archived news, photos and analysis from NPR's political team on the ground in Iowa and in Washington, D.C. Updated all night.

The actress berated herself for not pushing for a higher fee for American Hustle after learning male co-stars made more. She says she's "over trying to find the 'adorable' way to state my opinion."

"Due to the failure of the city's water pump, it is in the best interest of our current patients to transfer to other acute care facilities," a large hospital in the city says.

For the first time in history, soybeans are about to become America's most widely grown crop. Yet compared to corn or wheat, they remain curiously invisible in American culture.

Roughly two-thirds of the conservative kingdom's population has likely never seen a film in a commercial theater. That's set to change — and Black Panther is expected to get the inaugural showing.

"Huawei worked with Facebook to make Facebook's services more convenient for users," the smartphone-maker tells NPR. "Huawei has never collected or stored any Facebook user data."