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Washington Post national security reporter Dana Priest's book Top Secret America looks at the top-secret intelligence and counterterrorism network created after Sept. 11. "No one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, [or] how many programs exist within it," she says.

More than a dozen ballistic missiles targeted two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. and coalition forces. The attack comes less than a week after a U.S. drone strike killed an Iranian commander.

NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the process involving eight different candidates for speaker, and if there's a front runner who can bring Republicans together

This December marks the one year anniversary of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then, more than a dozen other school shootings have occurred - including one just last week. Host Michel Martin checks in with educators from around the country to ask if their jobs have become more dangerous, and hear their top school safety concerns.

The Jan. 6 investigatory panel is seeking information from Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to then-President Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making a brief trip to Hawaii for closed-door talks with a senior Chinese official, as relations between…

President Biden, 82, has focused on U.S. foreign policy for decades. As he leaves office, he said his team's work on artificial intelligence and climate was key for his successor to follow through on.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran's top nuclear officials, has been assassinated. He was killed on Friday in a shooting outside Tehran. Iran's foreign minister has accused Israel of playing a role.

A former top staffer to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie testified in Federal court that she told Christie about planned lane closures on the George Washington Bridge weeks before it happened. Christie has long denied any involvement in the closures, which were designed to punish his political opponents.

Women scientists get first-author credit on medical studies much less often than their male coauthors. That has career implications and could even be skewing the study of women's health.