Dua-Lisa Kautel

The Kyiv Independent reports drones also hit a residential neighborhood in Ukraine's second largest city of Kharkiv, injuring another five people there.

The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelensky is on his way to Istanbul for talks with the president there.

Trilateral peace talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine have been on hold,

since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

I'm Duahli Saikautau, NPR News in New York City.

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua-Lisa Kautel.

President Trump says the U.S.

military struck ISIS militants in Nigeria.

The attacks come a month after Trump threatened on social media to go into Nigeria, quote, guns a-blazing unless it did more to protect Christians, NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu reports.

Congress started 2025 with an ambitious legislative agenda, but 12 months later, Congress has ceded much of its power to President Trump and has passed a record low number of bills.

NPR congressional correspondent Clyde Grazales has the latest.

Grisales said there's the prospect of another government shutdown in January in addition to calls for Washington to address an affordability crisis that will likely dominate on the campaign trail.

A winter storm warning is in effect for New York City starting this afternoon.

NPR's Sarah Ventry reports the city is bracing for what could be its biggest snowfall in several years.

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy could raise the risk of low birth weight.

That's according to new research, and certain periods of pregnancy may be especially sensitive, as NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Janvirakul says his defense minister will attend peace talks with Cambodia Saturday to try and end deadly clashes along their shared border.

To date, an estimated 40 to 80 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

The State Department says Defense Secretary Marco Rubio reaffirmed that the U.S.

is prepared to facilitate those discussions to ensure peace and stability between Cambodia and Thailand.