A veteran services officer at the Missouri Veterans Commission Southwest Regional Office talks about what they do.
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Tara Anand for NPRFor the swing voters NPR is regularly checking in with as part of its Swing Shift series, the election results brought mixed emotions, as does the pending Democratic control of Congress. -
Altaf Qadri/APRussia and Ukraine have agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war. U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi led to this decision, marking the biggest humanitarian release since the war began in 2022.
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Descendants of President John F. Kennedy are asking a judge to block President Trump's monumental arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CIA senior executive clandestine service officer Daniel Hoffman about investigations in Britain into alleged threats linked to Iran and Russia.
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Residents of the northern city of Chiclayo say they can't wait another second for their former Archbishop to pay his visit. Pope Leo XIV spent eight years here as the dusty city's head of the church and is fondly remembered.
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Iran-backed operatives have been charged over nearly 20 attacks, including a plot on a U.K. base housing U.S. troops. Separately, a U.S. soldier is held in the U.K. on Russia spying claims. -
President Trump said that the U.S. won the war with Iran but that the U.S. naval blockade would continue. Iranian officials responded on the sidelines of an international climate summit in Turkey.
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House Republicans will have a new leader at the start of the new Congress in January: Ohio's Jim Jordan, a co-founder of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus and a close ally of President Trump.
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The House was on course for a floor vote Wednesday on whether to impeach Pete Hegseth. That is until House Republicans used a procedural vote to effectively end the impeachment effort.
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Midterm ballot measures on abortion and transgender issues saw mixed results.
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A ship bigger than the Titanic is being sunk off the coast of Florida to make an artificial reef.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former CIA analyst Emily Harding about China's spy tactics in light of the alleged plot targeting the CEO of Nvidia.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Hogan Gidley, a Republican consultant and advisor to House Speaker Mike Johnson, about the new GOP's leadership vote.
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The change of power in Congress could have big implications for air travel, including tougher oversight for airlines and a renewed push for safety recommendations from last year's midair collision.
