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These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe.

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Judge rejects plea deal in submarine secrets case, saying sentences were too light

5:27am August 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Maryland couple had been charged in an alleged plot to sell secrets about U.S. nuclear-powered warships by hiding information in objects such as a chewing gum wrapper and a peanut butter sandwich.

As far-right rhetoric spikes, gauging what's an actual threat is difficult

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Odette Yousef

A recent attempted attack on an FBI office has raised concern about violent far-right rhetoric, but assessing the exact nature of the threat presents new challenges.

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Officials removed a cache of documents from former President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla., last week.

TS/SCI: What an acronym reveals about the files seized from Mar-a-Lago

12:36pm August 16, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Most people have heard of top secret documents. After the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents from former President Donald Trump's residence, a less familiar security designation came to light.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation police officer walks with his working dog outside Federal Bureau of Investigation building headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.

FBI, Homeland Security warn about threats to law enforcement after Trump search

1:59pm August 15, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The agencies issued a joint intelligence bulletin days after federal agents executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and residence saying they were seeing a rise in threats.

A priest prays for unidentified civilians killed by Russian troops in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 11. Eleven unidentified bodies exhumed from a mass grave were buried in Bucha that day.

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 15)

12:13pm August 15, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Kabul airport was a chaotic mess in the weeks leading up the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as Afghans tried to flee the country.

For Biden, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was a turning point in his presidency

5:00am August 15, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden was elected on a promise of competency. The bungled exit from Afghanistan undercut that image. His approval ratings took a big hit, and have never recovered.

U.S. Democrat Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, left, and Democratic House member John Garamendi of California, second left, back, arrive with their wives at the parliament building in Taipei, on Aug. 15, 2022.

China announces new drills around Taiwan as a U.S. delegation visits the island

4:53am August 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The visit comes less than two weeks after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China.

American journalist Austin Tice (portrait at left) was abducted in Syria in 2012. Here, his parents, Debra and Marc Tice, give a news conference in Beirut in 2018.

10 years after Austin Tice vanished in Syria, his family continues its fight for him

6:00am August 14, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

American journalist Austin Tice is believed to have been kidnapped in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, in 2012. His mother says he's being held with a "government-related entity" in Syria.

President Richard Nixon speaks at the White House on Aug. 9, 1974. He was preparing to leave the day after resigning because of the Watergate scandal. Nixon wanted to take his presidential documents with him, including his infamous tape recordings. But he

The reason why presidents can't keep their White House records dates back to Nixon

10:29pm August 13, 2022

Congress changed the law in the 1970s when President Nixon prepared to leave with his documents — and infamous tape recordings.

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Violent extremism spiked online after FBI Mar-a-Lago search

5:10pm August 13, 2022

In the wake of a thwarted attack at an FBI field office, NPR's Michel Martin discusses extremist violence with Brian Murphy, a former top official from the Department of Homeland Security.

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