Loud noises heard in Venezuela capital, southern area without electricity reut.rs/3MVr1WJ

The Trump admin wants to take away citizenship from people who have already gone through the naturalization process. Given the way DHS's quotas for immigration arrests/deportations have gone, I can't imagine that only the 'worst of the worst' will be targeted www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Stephen Miller to Vanity Fair photographer: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social

My first contribution to this fun series from NPR’s International desk www.npr.org/2025/12/17/g...

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Heartbroken for the families and friends of Ella Cook, a Brown sophomore from Mountain Brook, Ala., and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old from Virginia whose family immigrated from Uzbekistan. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

‘Voodoo Rituals’ and Banana Wars: U.S. Military Action in Latin America www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun

Read Siegfried Hecker on how Washington helped end “the era of explosive nuclear testing”—and what the United States stands to lose if it restarts these tests today:

It's Books We Love Day, aka the best day of the year, shepherded by @bethnovey.bsky.social and the rest of the stellar books team at @npr.org!

Russia unleashed heavy artillery fire on Zaporizhzhia, striking a supermarket and an apartment building,Regional Military Administration reports. Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds win USL Championship title, defeat FC Tulsa https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-riverhounds-win-usl-championship-fc-tulsa-penalty-shootout/69518899

My colleague says his heart sank as he got a glimpse of the devastation in Gaza. Must listen: www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

One perk of my job- seeing artists like Oklou: youtu.be/Jg9uwVvOy0E

Great piece by the radio pooler! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great work by my colleagues in the field today. Here’s one example: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Interesting perspective on the diplomacy surrounding the hostage/ceasefire deal. www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Some powerful stories on NPR this morning marking the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

A well deserved honor for our colleague in Gaza. www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-r...

I mean come the hell on… The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

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US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US

NPR Music is trying something new today- a live Tiny Desk concert! Tune in at noon. www.npr.org/2025/09/09/g...

Here’s my conversation with Thant Myint-U about his new book: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...

“The Russians now are able to basically control the information environment in Moldova in a way that they could only have dreamed a year ago,” said Thomas O. Melia Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

Remembering Fletcher for the person he was, an 8 year old who loved fishing and “any sport he was allowed to play” Devastated for these families. www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...

The human-rights situation in Iran has gotten so much worse over the past month….most people outside of Iran don’t understand how bad it’s become.

A lovely tribute to my mentor, Ted Clark. May his memory be a blessing. www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Last week, President Trump ramped up pressure on wavering GOP lawmakers, posting, "Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement."

Here’s Abrego Garcia’s amended complaint. It alleges that Abrego Garcia “was subjected to severe mistreatment upon arrival at CECOT, including but not limited to severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation, inadequate nutrition, and psychological torture..” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amazing reporting from my colleagues in Israel and Gaza. www.npr.org/2025/07/02/1...

Why didn’t George W. Bush say anything when there was a fight to be had over this? Ditto for Obama. Solidarity is better than condolences.

Bush, Obama and Bono Commend USAID Staff Members on Their Last Day www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/u...

Longtime State Department spokesman, diplomat Richard Boucher, dies at 73

The State Dept is warning Americans of “the potential for demonstrations against U.S. citizens and interests abroad” in this new Worldwide Caution. travel.state.gov/content/trav....

Sean Hannity, and many others, are posting this video claiming it is the explosion at Fordow after the US military bombed it. Its not. This is from Syria in December 2024.

BREAKING: The U.S. attacked three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign as Tehran promises to retaliate.

Well, there it is. I guess we'll all see what happens now. www.axios.com/2025/06/21/u...