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Senate Republicans return to session with a big task ahead: passing Trump's big, "beautiful" bill. And, Boulder's Jewish community is concerned after a recent attack.

An early assessment by the Defense Intelligence Agency believes the damage to Iran's most important nuclear site was limited. And, Trump will meet with NATO allies today to discuss a spending increase.

The 9/11 attacks spurred the so-called war on terror. The campaign changed the country, with the federal government pouring money into protecting the homeland. The nature of threats has also evolved.

Trump canceled new Iran strikes and signaled that a peace deal could come soon, but Iran says it hasn't been finalized. And, the U.S. men's soccer team plays its first 2026 World Cup match today.

Climate change is impacting Central Florida municipalities’ budgets and is expected to cause major financial losses as cities rely on property taxes from coastal structures that may be underwater in the future.

Liz Cheney's book Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning slams Trump's efforts to stay in power after 2020 and the Republicans who enabled him. She tells NPR why voters should mobilize against him.

Fox News settles a major defamation lawsuit. Abortion pills could be heavily restricted in many states unless the Supreme Court intervenes. Pentagon reviews the way classified data is distributed.

Thomas “Fats” Waller wrote such jazz standards as “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and “Honeysuckle Rose." In the 1930s, he was ranked at the top among African-American entertainers on stage and on the radio.

The new top two leaders at the FBI are Trump loyalists with no prior experience at the bureau. NPR asks retired FBI special agent Thomas J. Baker for his impressions of Kash Patel and Dan Bongino.

Top state-level election officials react to the Jan. 28 raid on the Fulton County, Ga, elections office. The FBI executed a search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 election.

The U.S. is sending even more Navy ships and top-of-the-line warplanes into the Middle East. This comes as the U.S. and Iran are talking about that country's nuclear program.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to former top FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann about the federal indictment of John Bolton, the former National Security Adviser under President Trump during his first term.

Brad Pitt stars in F1, a film about a Formula One racing team from the director of Top Gun: Maverick.

Senate Republicans are bracing for down-ballot losses that are likely to cost the party their Senate majority this year.

When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue.

Is aggressive war legal? Calls are growing now to set up an international tribunal to charge Russia with the same crime.

The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday.

The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage, arbitrators found.

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks with 17-year-old Anna Leigh Waters, a top-ranked pickleball player who is defending her title at the Pickleball World Championships in Dallas.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was known as a skilled negotiator, a diplomat and a crisis manager.