National Security

Clinton: "Thank you ... watch where you step"

13 Emails That Stood Out From The Latest Clinton Document Dump

9:24am July 02, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

The thousands of new emails don't reveal a "smoking gun" from the Democratic presidential candidate's time at State, but do give insight into her daily activities — and some funny daily struggles.

Iran Nuclear Negotiators Extend Deadline To Reach Final Agreement

3:58pm July 01, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Robert Einhorn, senior fellow at Brookings Institution, and former member of President Obama's Iran negotiating team, for the latest on the Iran nuclear talks deadline.

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"I think that urban America has got to respect what rural America is about, where 99 percent of the people in my state who hunt are law abiding people," the 2016 Democratic presidential hopeful said to NPR.

Bernie Sanders Walks A Fine Line On Gun Control

3:23pm June 29, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

"I think that urban America has got to respect what rural America is about, where 99 percent of the people in my state who hunt are law-abiding people," the 2016 hopeful told NPR's David Greene.

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No Easy Answers At Nairobi Summit On Countering Extremism

2:57pm June 29, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Researchers at the international meeting shared some surprising responses from militants who were surveyed about their motivations for embracing terrorism.

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Right-Wing Extremists More Dangerous Than Islamic Terrorists In U.S.

1:55pm June 27, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Peter Bergen, vice president and director of studies for The New America Foundation, about its new study on homegrown terrorism.

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Obama Announces Change In U.S. Policy On American Hostages

8:01pm June 24, 2015

President Obama announced Wednesday that families of hostages will no longer be subject to criminal prosecution if they decide to pay ransom to hostage takers.

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Mother Of Son Who Was Held Hostage: 'I Was Very Moved By The President'

8:01pm June 24, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nancy Curtis about the changes to U.S. policy on American hostages. Curtis' son, Theo Padnos, was held hostage in Syria for two years until he was released last August.

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National

OPM Chief Again Grilled On Data Hack

6:58pm June 24, 2015

by Brian Naylor

Katherine Archuleta says she is "not comfortable" with estimates that more than 18 million current and former federal workers could be affected.

U.S. To Send Heavy Armor To Eastern Europe

2:24pm June 24, 2015

by Tom Bowman

Defense Secretary Ash Carter heads to Europe to unveil plans to deploy tanks and other heavy armor in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe. Russia says the move is provocative and may send more armor to its Western borders.

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French President Francois Hollande leads a meeting about new WikiLeaks allegations of U.S. spying on French presidents.

French Are Fuming Over Report That NSA Spied On 3 Presidents

1:01pm June 24, 2015

by Bill Chappell

According to one document published by WikiLeaks, "the main sticking point" for President Nicolas Sarkozy back in 2010 was "the U.S. desire to continue spying on France."