Lakshmi Singh
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges and later addressed the public.
Two more defendants, including independent journalist Georgia Ford, are set to be arraigned next week.
Virginia Supreme Court has greenlit a special election that could allow the legislature to draw new voting maps designed to help Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections.
From Washington, this is NPR News.
Ukraine's intelligence services say they reached a new range record with a drone strike on a Russian oil finery just over 1,000 miles from Ukraine's border.
NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports drones have transformed the war.
The Russia-Ukraine war as well as the U.S.-European alliance are on the agenda at a major security conference in Munich.
Federal officials in the U.S.
are reporting 910 confirmed cases of measles in the country so far this year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website shows the overwhelming majority in two dozen states from California to Pennsylvania.
Five new outbreaks were reported since the start of 2026.
The CDC says that most of the cases are among those who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is not known.
The Dow has closed up 50 points.
You're listening to NPR News.
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
President Trump is honoring members of the special forces who helped seize ex-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month.
His visit to Fort Bragg in North Carolina this afternoon was made against the backdrop of high-stakes negotiations with Iran.
Trump told the audience of U.S.
service members that USS Gerald Ford is being sent from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East to join other warships.