US finds Iran in compliance with deal, lifts nuclear sanctions  —  Iran has taken sufficient steps to prevent it from building a nuclear weapon, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog certified Saturday, opening the door for the United States and countries around the world to lift sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.

Clinton surrogate to demand Sanders release medical records  —  A top surrogate for Hillary Clinton is prepping a new attack in an intensifying and increasingly personal war against rival Bernie Sanders — calling on the 74-year-old to release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

Ted Cruz taunts Donald Trump over his slipping lead and Twitter habits  —  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Hours before Ted Cruz and Donald Trump were slated to appear here at a tea party gathering, Cruz unloaded on Trump, taunting him over his poll numbers and ratcheting up attacks on his conservative credibility.

The yuan and the markets  —  Strains on the currency suggest that something is very wrong with China's politics  —  “WHAT if we could just be China for a day?” mused Thomas Friedman, an American columnist, in 2010.  “...We could actually, you know, authorise the right solutions.”

DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Despite his earlier criticism of Ammon Bundy taking over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in support of imprisoned Dwight and Steven Hammond, the founder of the anti-government militia group Oath Keepers warned federal authorities …

District leaders furious Walmart breaking promise to build stores in poor neighborhoods  —  Walmart abruptly announced Friday that it was abandoning a promise to build stores in Washington's poorest neighborhoods, an agreement that had been key to the deal allowing the retailer to begin operating in the nation's capital.

Third teacher from same Louisiana school busted for sex with student after female teen fesses up  —  A Louisiana teacher faces charges for a year-long relationship with a 16-year-old female student, police in St. Charles Parish said.  —  Kimberly Naquin, 26, is a teacher at Destrehan High …

Fifth American Freed by Iran  —  On January 16, Iran released American student, writer and researcher Matt Trevithick, who had been held in Evin Prison for 40 days.  He was released separately from the four Iranian-Americans that were part of a prisoner swap.