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The intended purchases, which total nearly $2 million, were described by a U.S. government official with information about the State Department’s spending plans.

[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It was evening in Kyiv when the news from the White House arrived. My dinner mate, a colonel in the Ukrainian armed forces, got a call on his phone while raising a toast, and I could hear a

Man convicted of hate crime in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy  ABC News Illinois landlord guilty of murdering 6-year-old Palestinian American boy  The Washington Post Mother testifies her 6-year-old son watched in horror as attacker stabbed her before killing boy  NBC News

Social Security Administration aims to cut about 7,000 jobs, prompting fears of customer service impact  CNN U.S. Social Security Administration to cut 7,000 workers  Reuters.com Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan  The Washington Post Social Security

Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire in a 40-year insurgency in Turkey  The Associated Press Kurdish PKK militants declare ceasefire, heeding jailed leader’s call  Reuters Turkiye’s Erdogan says PKK leader’s call to disband is historic opportunity  Al Jazeera English A half-century insurgency in the

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to former National Security Adviser John Bolton about the foreign policy implications of Friday’s shocking press conference between President Trump and President Zelenskyy.

We look at the anticipated impact of of the USAID funding freeze, which helped some of the poorest people around the world. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the matter.

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko about what Russia hopes to gain from negotiations with the United States over ending its war in Ukraine.

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to writer Duncan Clark about the return of Jack Ma, founder of online Chinese retailer Alibaba. The tech exec had gone quiet after comments critical of China in 2020.

These National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees  NPR House Dems: Immediately reinstate fired feds  Government Executive US judge says mass firings of some federal workers likely illegal  BBC.com Federal workers turn to little-known ‘merit board’ as