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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023. Yellen is traveling to China amid tensions over a number of issues including Taiwan.

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  • Economy

Janet Yellen heads to China, seeking to ease tensions between the two economic powers

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is on her way to Beijing for talks with her Chinese counterparts. The meeting comes at a tense time, with tit-for-tat trade restrictions and rising strategic frictions.

July 06, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 3rd Assault Brigade prepares to fire a mortar toward Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

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  • World

Week in Russia-Ukraine: Wagner mutiny rattles Moscow, as counteroffensive creeps along

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

July 03, 2023
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  • Alex Leff
CIA Director William Burns called the short-lived Russian mercenary rebellion "a vivid reminder of the corrosive effect" of Putin's regime. Burns is pictured testifying at a House Select Committee on Intelligence annual open hearing at the U.S. Capitol in March.

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  • National Security

CIA Director Burns says the Wagner uprising's fallout 'will play out for some time'

Burns cast Wagner Group chief Prigozhin's revolt as "an armed challenge to the Russian state," a week after the head of the Russian paramilitary forces led a short-lived rebellion.

July 01, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
A police car drives through an intersection near Brownwood Park on Saturday where a stop sign has been modified in opposition to the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center that protesters refer to as "Cop City," in Atlanta.

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  • National Security

Domestic terrorism charges in Georgia are prompting concern over political repression

In Atlanta, dozens of activists who oppose a new police and fire training facility are being accused of domestic terrorism. That has alarmed civil liberties and human rights groups.

June 29, 2023
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  • Odette Yousef
Demonstrators confront an Atlanta police officer during a protest over plans to build a new police training center, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • National

Rights groups are alarmed over domestic terrorist charges in 'Cop City' protests

The protests in Atlanta over whether to build a police training facility have gotten more violent. A protester was killed by police in January, and others have been charged with domestic terrorism.

June 28, 2023
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
A U.S. Naval officer stands at the entrance of the U.S. prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Oct. 22, 2016.

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  • National Security

Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment, U.N. investigator finds

The United Nations report says 30 men remained detained at Guantánamo Bay — 19 of whom have never been charged with a crime. The investigator says the infamous site should be shuttered.

June 27, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Dan Digre, CEO of MISCO, on the factory floor in St. Paul, Minn. on May 18, 2023.

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  • Politics

Biden kept Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. This is who pays the price

Dan Digre makes loudspeakers in Minnesota. But he's importing more of them from China than he used to, thanks to unintended consequences from Trump-era tariffs that President Biden has kept in place.

June 27, 2023
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  • Asma Khalid
Cyberattacks on hospitals "should be considered a regional disaster," a study finds.

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  • National Security

Cyberattacks on hospitals 'should be considered a regional disaster,' researchers find

When hackers attack a hospital, it can be deadly. But doctors and patients at nearby hospitals suffer, too, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego.

June 27, 2023
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  • Jenna McLaughlin
Macon residents gathered on the steps of Temple Beth Israel in support of the Jewish community Saturday a day after a hate group targeted the 164-year-old congregation.

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  • National Security

Hundreds gather in solidarity against antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ hate speech at Macon temple

A neo-Nazi group angered residents of Macon across two days of action in front of the city’s 164-year-old synagogue.  

June 26, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jamie Frederick speaks to reporters about the search for the Titan submersible on Wednesday in Boston, Mass.

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  • National

The U.S. Navy heard the likely implosion of the missing Titan sub on Sunday

The Navy, which was part of the unified command hunting for the Titan submersible, said it had acoustic data "consistent with an implosion" on Sunday at the start of a five-day search.

June 23, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Lt. Frank J. Crawford of Detroit, Michigan, as the Regimental plans and training officer, is giving his men instructions in combat maneuvers.

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  • World

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

June 21, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Beijing American Center of the US Embassy in Beijing on June 19.

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  • National Security

"Profound differences" remain between U.S. and China, Secretary Blinken tells NPR

As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wraps up two days of diplomatic talks in Beijing, he said the two world powers must maintain communication despite "profound" differences.

June 19, 2023
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  • Ally Schweitzer
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023.

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  • National Security

Antony Blinken meets China's Xi in a bid to ease soaring U.S.-China tensions

In footage released by China's state broadcaster, Xi is heard to say "The two sides have agreed to follow through on the common understandings President Biden and I have reached in Bali."

June 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Amy Treglia shows scarring on her arms caused by xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is being used as a cutting agent for heroin and fentanyl.

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  • National

A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again

A dangerous chemical called xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

June 17, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Some see the U.S.-China rivalry as an 'existential struggle.' Rep. Andy Kim disagrees

Kim, who sits on the House China panel, disagrees with its chair's characterization of the rivalry. He hopes that Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit will mean more regular talks with China.

June 16, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
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