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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism on Capitol Hill on Monday.

WATCH: Sally Yates Testifies: 'We Believed Gen. Flynn Was Compromised'

9:09pm May 08, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The former acting attorney general told a Senate panel that she repeatedly informed the White House that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was engaging in "problematic" conduct.

President Trump, with Vice President Pence (left) and Defense Secretary James Mattis (right) watching, signs an executive action on extreme vetting at the Pentagon on Jan. 27.

Trump Travel Ban Returned To Court, With President's Words At The Center

7:13pm May 08, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., heard arguments about the legality of President Trump's revised travel ban. Immigrant advocates argue it discriminates against Muslims.

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Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, who had warned the Trump administration about Michael Flynn's Russia ties, was fired by President Trump in late January over another controversy.

Sally Yates To Testify In Russia Hearing. Susan Rice? Not So Much

2:59pm May 08, 2017

by Philip Ewing

A Senate panel is scheduled to hear testimony from the former acting U.S. attorney general and the former U.S. spy boss, James Clapper. But former national security adviser Rice declined to appear.

The House Intelligence Committee met behind closed doors in March on Capitol Hill. The committee is conducting one of several investigations of Russian attempts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. Monday, former Obama administration officials

What We Don't Know (And Wish We Did) About The Russia Investigation

1:40pm May 08, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

When Russia tried to influence the U.S. presidential election, who knew it was happening? Who helped, and who was exploited? And in the months since, who leaked classified intel, and why?

"What the American Founding Fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection, not human perfection," Condoleezza Rice says.

Condoleezza Rice: Institutions Aren't Perfect, But They're The Bedrock Of Democracy

1:30pm May 08, 2017

by Rachel Martin

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells NPR that America is still a "bright, shining city on the hill, not because we're perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day."

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Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green has withdrawn his nomination to be secretary of the Army. Opposition was building against Green among Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee over statements Green made that critics called insensitive toward Muslim

Trump's 2nd Nominee To Serve As Army Secretary Withdraws

7:43pm May 05, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Tennessee State Sen. Mark Green blasted what he called "false and misleading attacks." Opponents of his nomination cited what they called his discriminatory views and comments.

China Forcefully Opposes U.S. Missile Defense System In South Korea

4:37pm May 04, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Michael Elleman, senior fellow for missile defense at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, about a new American missile defense system in South Korea.

Rep. Adam Schiff Shares Details Of House Intel Hearing On Russian Election Meddling

4:37pm May 04, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, about his impressions of the closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the investigation into Russia meddling in the U.S. presidential election last year.

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Protest banners hang in rural Seongju county, where the U.S. has installed a missile defense system known by its acronym, THAAD. Residents oppose the installation, and it's become an issue in South Korea's upcoming presidential election. The front-runner

Korean Village's Message To THAAD Missile Defense System: 'Go Away'

4:37pm May 04, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

From a golf course in South Korea, the U.S. can now shoot down North Korean missiles. But residents don't want a missile defense system in their backyard — and neither does China.

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A year after the attack, people stand by a makeshift memorial for county workers near the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.

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San Bernardino Victims' Families Accuse Tech Giants Of Enabling ISIS

8:26am May 04, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Facebook, Google and Twitter have been accused in a new lawsuit of aiding terrorism. The suit was filed by family members of three of the victims in the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack.