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William Burns, director of the CIA, in his office on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Q&A: CIA Chief on how the U.S. intel community handled Russia, China and Mideast

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

January 10, 2025
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People walk past a guard tower outside the fencing of Camp 5 at the the U.S. military's prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Jan. 26, 2017.

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  • National Security

U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman

The Biden administration's move leaves just 15 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Oman will help resettle the men and provide security monitoring.

January 06, 2025
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Nathan Williams, a University of New Orleans student, lights a candle at a memorial on Bourbon Street on Friday for the victims of a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day in New Orleans.

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  • National

FBI says suspect in New Orleans attack twice visited the city to conduct surveillance

The FBI says the man who allegedly carried out the New Year's Day attack visited the city in October and November, and recorded video of the area he aimed to target using "smart glasses."

January 05, 2025
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  • Robbie Griffiths
Crowds return to a reopened Bourbon Street on Jan. 2, 2025, the day after the deadly truck attack in New Orleans.

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  • National Security

Vehicular attacks are not new. But preventing them has been a big challenge

For decades, individuals and terrorist groups have used vehicles to carry out deadly attacks. But installing safeguards hasn't always been successful.

January 04, 2025
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  • Emma Bowman and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Fire vehicles surround the valet area where a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1.

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  • National Security

Cybertruck driver had likely self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, sheriff says

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill says the driver, Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, sustained the wound prior to the Cybertruck explosion in front of Trump's Las Vegas hotel.

January 02, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
A portion of Jervois Global's Idaho Cobalt Operations near Salmon, Idaho Oct. 7, 2022

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  • National

The American industry that wants more government intervention

As President-elect Trump promises to eliminate government agencies and regulations, one American industry — mining — is asking for more intervention. They say national economic and military security are at stake.

December 18, 2024
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  • Kirk Siegler and
  • Eric Whitney
FBI and ATF law enforcement push out supporters of then-President Donald Trump as they protested inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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  • Law

FBI missed 'basic step' in its intelligence efforts ahead of Jan. 6 Capitol riot

The long-awaited report from DOJ Inspector General office comes nearly four years after a crowd of Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 to try to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election win.

December 12, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Washington.

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  • Politics

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday.

November 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (shown here at NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2015) explains the challenges that President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense will inherit.

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  • National Security

Is Trump pick Pete Hegseth ready to run Defense? A former defense secretary weighs in

Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says "a lack of any government experience is an issue" when leading the largest institution in the world.

November 20, 2024
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Connor Donevan,
  • and 1 more
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. soldiers conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Dec. 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System.

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  • Europe

The U.S. confirms Ukraine fired long-range ATACMS into Russia for the 1st time

Ukraine has fired six ATACMS into Russia, marking the first attack using the U.S.-made long-range missiles in 1,000 days of war.

November 19, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, soldiers, from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Bragg N.C., conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Dec. 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System.

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  • World

In a first, Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S. long-range weapons

The U.S. is allowing Ukraine to use the powerful long-range weapons to strike in and around Kursk — the same region where some 10,000 North Korean troops were recently deployed.

November 17, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Joanna Kakissis
From left: Michelle Salaün, Jeannine Plassard and Marie-Annick Gouez, the daughters of Catherine Tournellec Salaün, stand at their mother's grave in Plabennec, in France's Brittany region, in June.

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  • Europe

In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

November 16, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
A 2016 file photo of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Hegseth has served in the National Guard and is now a Fox News host. If confirmed, he would be the least experienced defense secretary in American history.

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  • National Security

What's behind defense secretary pick Hegseth's war on 'woke'

The selection of Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Trump Defense Department has renewed scrutiny of his political and religious views and his aggressive criticism of the military he'd be leading.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Tom Bowman,
  • and 2 more
Former U.S. Rep. from Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a rally for former President Donald Trump on Oct. 22 in Greensboro, N.C.

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  • Politics

Trump names former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence

The former Democratic congresswoman has shifted her political allegiance in recent years, going from a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 to a stalwart Trump supporter.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Greg Myre
This courtroom sketch depicts a former detainee at Abu Ghraib prison, Salah Al-Ejaili (foreground with glasses), at the trial of CACI, a Virginia-based military contractor who is accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on April 16.

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  • Middle East

A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

The jury also decided to hold a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison two decades ago.

November 12, 2024
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