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A United States Air Force Boeing C-17 used for deportation flights is pictured at Biggs Army Airfield in Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas on February 13, 2025.

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  • USPS

Attorneys ask court to block alleged DHS move to deport migrants to South Sudan

Immigration attorneys have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to block a Trump administration move to deport migrants — including nationals from Myanmar and Vietnam — to South Sudan or other third countries.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025, announcing plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system.

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  • National Security

Trump unveils ambitious and expensive plans for 'Golden Dome' missile defense

The plan includes a vast array of space-based sensors and interceptors.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington.

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  • USPS

DHS secretary misstates meaning of habeas corpus under Senate scrutiny

Facing sharp questioning from Democratic lawmakers, the director of Homeland Security incorrectly described the constitutional right as a presidential authority to deport individuals.

May 20, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 12, 2025.

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  • Politics

Standing by in San Antonio: the luxury plane from Qatar intended to replace Air Force One

The luxury jet needs a security overhaul. That usually takes a few years, meaning it might not be ready until Trump is out of office. Shortcuts could create national security risks.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
President Trump meets with Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on March 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  • World

Trump says Sharaa is a 'tough guy' with a 'real shot' at stabilizing Syria

Gulf states are keen to invest in Syria, which has important mineral and oil reserves, but had been prevented from doing so by U.S. sanctions. President Trump has now pledged to lift the restrictions.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Aya Batrawy
A woman holds a poster bearing a portrait of an Israeli hostage held by Hamas in Gaza since October 2023 next to several portaits, including two (center) of Israeli-U.S. captive Edan Alexander, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv as people wait for his release on May 12.

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  • Middle East

Hamas has released Israeli American hostage Edan Alexander, held in Gaza since 2023

Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier raised in New Jersey, is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Four other Americans' bodies are still held in Gaza.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
President Trump and Vice President Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28. Researchers are testing AI's potential for coming up with agreements to end the war in Ukraine.

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  • National Security

Is AI the future of America's foreign policy? Some experts think so

Large language models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are increasingly being looked at for their potential to help make decisions in high-stakes situations.

May 12, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
President Trump waves after taking questions from reporters outside the White House on May 8.

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  • Politics

Why Trump is focusing on business deals on his Middle East trip

President Trump is yet to broker an end to the war in Gaza. So the first big trip of his second term will focus on big investments instead.

May 10, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Tamara Keith
Then-Vice President-elect Vance visits <em>Fox News Sunday</em> with anchor Shannon Bream in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11.

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  • Asia

Vice President Vance says India-Pakistan fighting is 'none of our business'

Vice President Vance said the fighting between India and Pakistan was "fundamentally none of our business." Experts say the U.S. used to work hard to de-escalate crises between the nuclear states.

May 09, 2025
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  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Omkar Khandekar
The Supreme Court

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Supreme Court upholds Trump's ban on transgender military members while appeals continue

The justices blocked a lower court order that temporarily halted the ban's enforcement.

May 06, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
In this file photo from Feb. 14, 2025, Mike Waltz speaks with an official just outside the Oval Office where a copy of President Trump's mugshot on the front page of the <em>New York Post</em> is posted.

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  • Politics

Trump says he plans to move his national security adviser Mike Waltz to the UN

Trump said he would make Secretary of State Marco Rubio his interim national security adviser. It's the first time since the Nixon era that one person will do both jobs.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Tamara Keith
Workers stand inside a special chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The chamber is used to test new conventional explosives that initiate detonation of advanced nuclear weapons designs. The data produced from such experiments is considered restricted.

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  • National Security

DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets

Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two sources tell NPR.

April 28, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Demonstrators gather to protest on Thursday against the deportation of immigrants to El Salvador outside the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations in New York City.

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  • Law

U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process'

The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government.

April 26, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The U.S. military tests its land-based Aegis missile defense system in 2018. Such systems can track and intercept short and medium-ranged missiles but struggle against larger, more powerful intercontinental ballistic missiles of the sort used by Russia and China.

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  • National Security

Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here's what it would take

Experts are divided whether a new missile defense system for the U.S., inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, would be worth the cost.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving the legality of the Trump administration's controversial deportation law.

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  • Law

Supreme Court backs Trump in controversial deportations case

The order marks a win for the Trump administration, even if temporary, and it could well be a harbinger of things to come as the administration continues to clash with federal courts.

April 07, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
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