National Security

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case centered on the FBI's surveillance of mosques after 9/11.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on FBI's surveillance of mosques

1:16pm November 08, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The argument will focus on whether this case can move forward at all because the government argues that for it to produce any of the evidence gathered 15 years ago would jeopardize national security.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife Zinash Tayachew take part in a memorial service for the victims of the Tigray conflict organized by the city administration, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday.

Rebels are closing in on Ethiopia's capital. Its collapse could bring regional chaos

2:22pm November 07, 2021

A newly formed rebel alliance led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front is within striking distance of Addis Ababa. A failed state could displace millions of people and stoke more ethnic violence.

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The U.S. will reopen land borders to Canada and Mexico

8:16am November 07, 2021

by Emma Jacobs

The U.S. is opening its borders to Canada and Mexico on Monday to fully vaccinated travelers. These land borders have been closed to most travelers since the start of the pandemic.

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More than half of Afghanistan's population faces hunger

8:54am November 06, 2021

Scott Simon speaks to PBS News Hour correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest developments in Afghanistan, where millions face food shortages as the Taliban struggle to maintain security.

A demonstrator wears a badge for the extremist group the Oath Keepers on a protective vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the day before the Capitol siege.

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Active-duty police in major U.S. cities appear on purported Oath Keepers rosters

8:05pm November 05, 2021

Hacked records purported to be from the extremist group Oath Keepers include the names of active-duty law enforcement officers in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago, NPR and WNYC/Gothamist found.

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The trauma of smaller shootings lasts in local communities for months

4:44pm November 05, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Seven people were shot and three died in a recent shooting at a mall in Boise, Idaho. Killings with few deaths aren't considered mass shootings by FBI standards, but still traumatize communities.

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Migrant workers who clean up climate disasters for work often pay a price

4:53pm November 04, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker, who spent the past year with some of the growing number of migrant laborers who follow climate disasters for work.

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Felony drug convictions tied to a corrupt former police sergeant have been thrown out

4:53pm November 04, 2021

by Chip Mitchell

In Chicago, five more people had their felony drug cases exonerated in an ongoing effort tied to a former Chicago sergeant convicted of corruption. 83 people hope their cases will also be thrown out.

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Investigation finds federal agencies dismissed threats ahead of the Jan. 6 attack

1:29pm November 04, 2021

by Terry Gross

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.

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From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance, by John Pomfret

Spies on opposite sides of the Cold War unite in 'From Warsaw With Love'

11:16am November 04, 2021

by Viveca Novak

Reporter John Pomfret interviewed government officials and intelligence operatives and mined declassified files in Poland to write his fascinating story of the Polish-U.S. intelligence relationship.