Lakshmi Singh

At the Munich Security Conference today, the host, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, advised the Trump administration to repair and embrace the transatlantic alliance.

Merits appear today alongside U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who will address a conference tomorrow.

Back home, people across the U.S.

are facing another partial government shutdown, possibly.

The sticking point, Department of Homeland Security funding expiring at midnight.

Here's NPR's Barbara Sprine.

Members of the administration are drawing criticism for suggesting AI avatars could help address health care shortages in rural America.

Here's NPR's Windsor Johnston.

At the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Russia-Ukraine war is on the agenda.

NPR's Mayor Louise Kelly is following.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly in Munich.

The big event at the Winter Olympics in Italy today is figure skating.

The men's single event is set.

The American figure skater Ilya Melinin, whose nickname, the Quad God, is an overwhelming favorite to win a gold medal.

Steve Futterman reports Melinin is transforming the sport.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

At the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Ukraine's foreign minister says he's invited China's top diplomat to his country, suggesting Beijing could be helpful in ending Russia's war in Ukraine.

And PR's Emily Fang has the latest.