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President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, in Hanoi. No deal was reached. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump and Kim’s second nuclear summit ends with no deal

A planned signing ceremony was canceled. The biggest sticking point was sanctions against North Korea, Trump said at a press conference Thursday afternoon local time.

7 years ago

Credit: Satellite image by Planet Labs taken Feb. 19. (Graphic by Geoffrey Brumfiel and Alyson Hurt/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

On eve of 2nd Trump-Kim summit, is North Korean reactor producing plutonium?

North Korea's main nuclear reactor for making weapons-grade plutonium may be operating, days before this week's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim.

7 years ago

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. (Kerstin Joensson/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has been abiding with key limitations set in the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.

7 years ago

The Delaware National Guard hosted Governor John Carney for a tour of its counterdrug facilities. (Zöe Read/WHYY)
Community

Delaware National Guard steps in to help fight drug trafficking, addiction

The guard provides resources — such as training and transportation — to law enforcement agencies across the state in their efforts to tackle drug trafficking.

7 years ago

Listen 1:55
Trucks loaded with officers of the Bolivarian National Guard arrive at the entrance of the Tienditas International bridge that connects Venezuela with Colombia, in Urena, Venezuela, Feb. 21, 2019. (Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

1 killed, 12 injured amid aid standoff in Venezuela

Heightened tensions in Venezuela left one woman dead and a dozen injured near the border with Brazil on Friday.

7 years ago

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Russia to suspend nuclear arms control treaty in response to U.S.

Putin said Russia will not deploy its missiles unless the U.S. deploys similar weapons.

7 years ago

Activists wear masks to look like U.S president Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest for the INF treaty in front of the American embassy in Berlin, Germany, February 1, 2019. (Photo by Omer Messinger/Sipa via AP Images)
Politics & Policy

Trump suspends arms treaty, citing Chinese, Russian threats

Some analysts worry the demise of the centerpiece of superpower arms control could fuel a new arms race.

7 years ago

The new weapon is designed to be launched on a ballistic missile fired from a submarine. (Petty Officer 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Commander, Submarine Group Nine)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration begins production of a new nuclear weapon

The U.S. Department of Energy has started production on a new, low-yield nuclear weapon designed to counter Russia.

7 years ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their first summit in Singapore last year. North Korea says preparations for a second summit are underway. (Susan Walsh/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

North Korea prepares for second nuclear summit with U.S.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with President Trump to discuss the prospect of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula.

7 years ago

A supporter of LGBT rights holds up an 'equality flag' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2017, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. in response to President Donald Trump's declaration that he wants transgender people barred from serving in the U.S. military 'in any capacity,' citing 'tremendous medical costs and disruption.' (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

High court lets military implement transgender restrictions

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump greets Col. Dawn C. Lancaster, Commander Air Force Mortuary Affairs, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, as he arrives to pay tribute to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria as their remains are returned as Chief Master Sgt. Danielle M. Hirvela, Chief Enlisted Manager, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, second from left, and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony W. Green Command Chief Master Sergeant, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, (left), watch. Following Trump are Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, (right). (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

President Trump travels to Delaware paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack

Trump was paying tribute to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains.

7 years ago

President Trump called for a beefing up of existing defenses, such as the Aegis ashore system pictured. In addition, he called for research into new advanced concepts.
(Mark Wright/Missile Defense Agency)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump unveils ambitious missile defense plans

Critics were quick to point out that meeting this goal would cost many billions of dollars.

7 years ago

Minetta Metz (right) and Danielle Spencer (left) at the Veterans Multi-Service Center. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Community

Philly women veterans celebrate five years of sharing and caring for each other

The Women's Center at the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Old City Philadelphia celebrates five years of helping female veterans adapt to civilian life.

7 years ago

Listen 4:48
A security force member walks outside a shuttered restaurant Thursday in Manbij, Syria, the site of a suicide attack that killed more than a dozen people, including four Americans, a day earlier. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. (Delil Souleiman /AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How strong is the Islamic State in Syria?

The extremist group is still believed to have thousands of fighters who have gone underground.

7 years ago

An explosion damaged a restaurant in Manbij, Syria, Wednesday, shown in a screengrab from the Kurdish Hawar News agency, or ANHA. (ANHA/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

U.S. troops killed by blast in Syria; Islamic State claims responsibility

American troops were killed in an explosion in northern Syria, the spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State says.

7 years ago

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