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From left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, back, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin T

How the war in Ukraine is challenging the long-sought pivot to Asia

5:01am May 19, 2022

by Asma Khalid

President Biden is traveling to Japan and South Korea this week — his first trip to Asia since taking office. Like presidents before him, he's seeking to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia.

Suppliers now must direct needed ingredients to infant formula manufacturers

11:05pm May 18, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to try to help with the infant formula shortage. Suppliers must direct needed ingredients to formula manufacturers before filling other orders.

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As police and FBI agents continue their investigation into the shooting at Tops Market in Buffalo, N.Y., last weekend, Congress is considering legislation to address domestic terrorism. Authorities say the attack was believed to be motivated by racial hat

Days after Buffalo mass shooting, the House approves a bill to fight domestic terror

10:14pm May 18, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The bill creates offices at DOJ, DHS, and the FBI to track domestic terror threats. GOP lawmakers argue it could allow federal officials to ensnare parents, a charge DOJ rejects.

President Joe Biden heads towards the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday.

Biden invokes the Defense Production Act for the baby formula shortage

6:55pm May 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S.

Records from the White House collection are seen in 2010.

From Pat Boone to the Sex Pistols: Inside the secret White House record collection

5:19pm May 18, 2022

by Kurt Gardinier

John Chuldenko, a grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, is shining a light on the White House vinyl collection, which is outdated. The last records were added in 1980.

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A group within the Department of Homeland Security focused on combating disinformation has been paused.

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DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

5:11pm May 18, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

A portrait of American statesman, writer and scientist Benjamin Franklin, circa 1750.

Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home abortions in a book in the 1700s

5:10pm May 18, 2022

Abortion rights continue to be the subject of fierce debate in the United States. But for one of America's founding fathers, they were as basic as mathematics and writing.

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Swedish defense minister on decision to apply to NATO after decades of resistance

4:33pm May 18, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sweden's Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist after his meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, about his country's decision on joining NATO.

State Secretary Blinken chairs UN meeting about global food security

4:33pm May 18, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

State Secretary Antony Blinken is focusing on food security in a visit to the UN. He's also seeing Turkey's foreign minister, likely talking about its stance on NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.

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Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. SIGAR, released its interim report Wednesday detailing why Afghanistan's government and military co

The U.S. deal with the Taliban destroyed Afghans' military morale, a new report says

3:19pm May 18, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Morale across Afghanistan's military was "destroyed" when then-President Trump made a deal with the Taliban in 2020 and President Biden affirmed the U.S. exit in 2021, a new watchdog report says.

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