National Security

'Fresh Air' remembers Colin Powell, former secretary of state

1:20pm October 18, 2021

by Terry Gross

The U.S.'s first Black national security advisor, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and secretary of state died on Oct. 18. Powell spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about how the army had shaped his life.

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The Biden administration announced the DHS will halt workplace raids

7:54am October 17, 2021

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks to Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, about a new DHS memo that aims to end workplace raids on immigrant workers.

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Río Grande near the Acuña Del Río International Bridge in Del Río, Texas on Sept. 19.

Haiti faces disasters and chaos. Its people are most likely to be denied U.S. asylum

10:48am October 16, 2021

by Marisa Peñaloza

Of 4,202 applications from late 2018 to June 2021 only 194 were granted asylum. Some Haitians say there's been a history of racism and mistreatment by U.S. authorities for more than a century.

Police stand in a line outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Capitol Police officer is accused of telling a Jan. 6 suspect to hide evidence

6:39pm October 15, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

Federal prosecutors have accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of obstruction of justice for allegedly encouraging a suspect in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to hide evidence of their participation.

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Hundreds of women inmates to be moved from Rikers Island due to dangerous conditions

5:13pm October 15, 2021

by Jasmine Garsd

More than 200 women, including trans inmates, are being moved from Rikers Island in New York City amid deteriorating conditions. The transfers are meant to alleviate staffing and safety issues.

New cases of 'Havana Syndrome' grow as cause remains a mystery

5:13pm October 15, 2021

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Stanford professor David Relman about the mysterious Havana Syndrome that continues to affect diplomats and federal employees around the world.

Supreme Court looks set to reimpose the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bomber

7:06pm October 13, 2021

by Nina Totenberg

The court's liberal justices appeared incredulous about the actions of the district court judge in the original proceedings, but the conservatives appeared unpersuaded.

What the opening of the U.S.-Mexico border means to one reporter

5:26pm October 13, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with reporter Vicente Calderón about how visa holders, like himself, who can show proof of vaccination will be able to cross the U.S.-Mexico border again.

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1 in 4 Asian Americans recently feared their household being targeted, poll finds

5:26pm October 13, 2021

by Leila Fadel

Attacks on Asian Americans have been a reality since always. But given the talk of the "source" of the pandemic and the attacks on Asian women in Georgia, one out of four say they fear violence.

U.S. secretary of state and Israeli foreign minister talk stalled Iran nuclear deal

5:14pm October 13, 2021

by Michele Kelemen

With the Israeli foreign minister in Washington to meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the focus is on how to approach talks with Iran over reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.