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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, DC.

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  • National Security

Transgender veterans' health services in question as VA rescinds guidance on care

In an internal VA memo seen by NPR, the VA says it's rescinding a directive that contains detailed guidance on the kind of care transgender veterans can receive at VA facilities.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference on a defense package in Brussels, Tuesday.

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  • Europe

Europe considers a major defense spending package as Trump signals disengagement

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed an $840 billion plan to build up the bloc's defense, as President Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine.

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Schmitz
This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Lt. Gen. Dan Caine.

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  • National Security

Who is Trump's pick for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine?

Caine is a career fighter jet pilot who defended Washington, D.C., during the 9/11 attacks and been adored by Trump since they met in Iraq during Trump's first term.

February 22, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Tom Bowman
U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown testifies during his confirmation hearing on July 11, 2023.

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  • Politics

Trump fires the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the top U.S. military officer.

February 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jason Breslow
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • National

Military doctors prepare to deploy to Guantánamo for extended stay

Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
The Pentagon is pictured in December 2024.

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  • National Security

Elon Musk's team is expected to target the Pentagon soon, pledging cost cuts

The DOGE team is aiming to cut 8% from next year's defense budget, officials tell NPR.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) speaks with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (right) and Finland's defense minister, Antti Hakkanen, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday.

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  • World

As Trump touts Putin talks, NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe be included

Several NATO allies stressed that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace talks, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the U.S. is betraying Ukraine.

February 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2024.

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  • Europe

Trump spoke with Russia's Putin and Ukraine's Zelenskyy to start talks to end the war

President Trump says he spoke with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine in separate phone calls Wednesday, discussing the two countries' war and other issues.

February 12, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
Tulsi Gabbard testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Jan. 30.

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  • Politics

Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as director of national intelligence, overcoming skepticism

The former lawmaker faced questions about her level of experience and past comments about autocratic leaders, but ultimately the Senate confirmed her on Wednesday afternoon.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
A man exits a voting booth at a polling station in Lancaster, N.H., on Election Day, Nov. 5.

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  • National Security

Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump

Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Former national security adviser John Bolton sees Greenland as an issue of "critical importance" to U.S. security.

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  • News

John Bolton on expanding into Greenland

John Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, says making Greenland an American territory or commonwealth could help with security interests of "critical importance" to the United States.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Ashley Brown,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
President Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Friday.

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  • Politics

What to know about presidents and security clearances

Both former President Joe Biden and President Trump have barred their predecessor access to classified information. But historically, it wasn't like that.

February 08, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
President Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office on Friday. In a posting on his Truth Social site, Trump said he was revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearances.

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  • Politics

Trump says he is revoking Biden's security clearances

Former presidents are historically given intelligence briefings after leaving office. But Trump said he was following precedent set by Biden four years ago, when Biden revoked Trump's access.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Capt. Rebecca Lobach smiles in the cockpit of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, Feb. 28, 2024. <br>

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  • National Security

Third Black Hawk crew member involved in deadly crash near DC airport identified

The Army released the identity of the third crew member aboard the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly airport crash near DCA as Capt. Rebecca Lobach, an aviation officer and past ROTC cadet.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday.

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  • National Security

Trump says airstrikes on ISIS in Somalia killed terrorists without 'harming civilians'

In a Truth Social post Saturday, President Trump announced successful precision airstrikes on the "Senior ISIS Attack Planner," though didn't provide a name for that individual.

February 01, 2025
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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