Dave Mattingly

The draw for next year's FIFA Men's World Cup soccer tournament takes place today in Washington, D.C.

As NPR's Becky Sullivan reports, the American team will learn the three teams it'll play in the group stage of next summer's competition.

National teams from host countries automatically qualify for the World Cup.

The Detroit Lions beat the Dallas Cowboys in NFL Thursday Night Football 44-30.

Detroit running back Jameer Gibbs is now tied with Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders, also a former Lion, for the most touchdowns in NFL history for a player younger than 24.

Gibbs has 47 career TDs.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is saying more about U.S.

military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, especially one in September.

As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, Hegseth says he did not order a follow-up attack that killed survivors of an initial strike.

No breakthroughs on ending Russia's war with Ukraine are reported following yesterday's high-level talks in Moscow.

President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Putin for about five hours.

Afterwards, a Kremlin spokesman described the talks as constructive, while adding some aspects of the latest U.S.

peace proposal remain unacceptable to Moscow.

Key sticking points include Ukraine giving up territory to Russia.

A survey of U.S.

diplomats finds morale at the State Department is extremely low, with President Trump's second term in the White House approaching the one-year mark.

Here's NPR's Michelle Kellerman.

Republican Matt Van Epps is celebrating a win in Tennessee's special election for the 7th District congressional seat.