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This map shows how many Americans identify as Iranian in every US state

Late last week, Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike ordered by President Donald Trump. The assassination leaves the two countries on the brink of war, with the Iranian government vowing "a forceful revenge" against the US.

Despite increasing tensions between the two nations, there are Iranian-American communities across the country, and they make up a vital part of the US.

The US Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey asks millions of Americans each year several questions about their demographic, social, and economic situations. A question on the survey asks respondents to list their and their family's ancestry, and "Iranian" is one of the ancestry groups included in the Bureau's estimates.

The Census Bureau's estimates from that survey show that nearly half a million Americans self-identified as having Iranian heritage. Many states have large Iranian-American communities.

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Chart: 1 in 3 Americans are arrested by age 25

One-third of Americans under the age of 25 have been arrested at some point in their lives, according to analysis by Deutsche Bank based on 2015 data.

The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth shows that as the labor market tightens, employers are starting to close one eye on background checks to fill their hiring needs.

The 2015 survey took a nationally representative sample of approximately 9,000 youths and was conducted through annual hour-long personal interviews.

Torsten Sløk, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a note that this is especially important since Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin recently cited an increase in anecdotes regarding employers relaxing their stance on arrest records, felonies, and drug testing in the face of a tightening labor market.

Barkin said that business people “think anything more than 2 or 3 percent wage increases actually put them at risk, right, from a competitive standpoint. They’re trying to find ways to get around it.”

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Homeland Security ranks as worst federal agency for employees

Homeland Security ranked by far as the worst large federal agency to work for in 2015, according to the annual survey of federal employees released Monday that shows the department continuing a precipitous slide under President Obama.

NASA did the best overall, with more than three-quarters of its employees expressing satisfaction with their job and workplace in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. The Federal Communications Commission, meanwhile, saw the biggest year-to-year drop.

But Homeland Security was the worst overall, continuing a downward trend that’s seen its satisfaction rate drop from 62 percent in 2010 to 47 percent now, or 5 percentage points below the next-worst.