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News Articles: National Security

Efforts in Congress to renew a key surveillance tool failed before the House left Washington, D.C., this week for a scheduled recess.

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  • Politics

A key U.S. spy tool has lapsed — now what?

The government says more than 60% of the president's daily intelligence briefing relies on information collected under a tool known as FISA Section 702. But Congress has struggled to renew it.

June 13, 2026
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
President Donald Trump is pictured during an event where he signs a proclamation about the fishing industry, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington.

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  • Latin America

Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang

President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.

June 12, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier under missile attack in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 8.

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  • Middle East

Trump vows to hit Iran 'very hard tonight' and later take over its oil and gas sectors

The latest threat comes after a second day of intensified strikes between the U.S and Iran, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.

June 11, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth waits to deliver his speech at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on Saturday.

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  • National Security

Hegseth urges Asian leaders to boost military spending against China

The U.S. defense secretary said there is "rightful alarm" of China's military build up. But he also struck a more moderate tone on U.S.-China relations – and notably sidestepped bringing up Taiwan.

May 30, 2026
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By:
  • Jennifer Pak and
  • Scott Simon
Nicole Witherow prays beside flowers placed outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 19.

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  • National Security

For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: Women

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

May 27, 2026
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
President Donald Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Bethesda, Md.

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  • Politics

Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war

President Trump will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday at a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran. The emerging deal has already exposed the president to fierce criticism.

May 27, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A banner of President Donald Trump hangs over Iranian Americans and their supporters as they march from the U.S. Capitol to the World War II Memorial during a rally Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Washington.

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  • Politics

What will Trump do next with Iran?

Three months since the start of its conflict with Iran, the Trump administration is oscillating between strike threats and diplomatic overtures. Neither path has yielded a clear resolution.

May 23, 2026
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, 2025.

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  • National Security

Gabbard resigns as national intelligence director citing husband's cancer diagnosis

Gabbard is the latest in a series of Cabinet officials to leave the Trump administration.

May 22, 2026
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Former Cuban President Raul Castro speaks during the National Assembly in 2018 in Havana, Cuba, after the country was led by the first non-Castro Cuban president since 1976.

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  • Law

U.S. grand jury indicts Raúl Castro, former Cuban president

The 94-year-old former leader of Cuba faces several charges, including four counts of murder for an attack on a humanitarian group more than 30 years ago.

May 20, 2026
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Mayor Thorsten Grädler of Vilseck, Germany, discovered that his town could be the target of President Trump's U.S. troop cuts on his first day in office, when a journalist told him during a press conference. Grädler says the impact on his town would be "dramatic."

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  • World

The townspeople of Vilseck, Germany, worry that Trump may pull out 5,000 U.S. troops

President Trump's troop withdrawal threat rattles residents of a small Bavarian town reliant on U.S. military personnel and their families for both income and friendships built over decades.

May 16, 2026
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.

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  • National Security

An LA-area mayor acted as an agent for China. Experts say it's part of a pattern

Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.

May 14, 2026
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Jessica Serrato talks on the phone to her partner who is deployed to the Middle East while she gets her children ready for school in Southern California.

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  • National

An intimate look at one military family's life on pause as the Iran war continues

Military life has always involved some degree of uncertainty. But for many families, the fear and unknowns that come with the Iran war are new territory.

May 13, 2026
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington.

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  • National Security

Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion

A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests the cost of the missile defense program could be $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag.

May 13, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

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  • World

The U.S. fires on 2 Iranian tankers trying to evade its blockade in Gulf of Oman

The U.S. military said its forces had fired upon and disabled two more Iranian tankers that were trying to breach an American blockade of Iran's ports, in the latest blows to a shaky ceasefire.

May 08, 2026
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By:
  • The Associated Press
President Trump attends a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21.

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  • World

European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes

President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.

May 08, 2026
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  • Scott Neuman
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