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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a defense forum at the Ronald Reagan Library last night that the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug traffickers will continue.
Democrats have called the military strikes illegal, and several have called for full video of the strikes to be released to the public.
Hegseth was asked at the forum about reports that in one recent strike, he ordered that everyone on a boat in the Caribbean be killed.
Hegseth says the strikes are part of the Trump administration's strategy to defend the Western Hemisphere.
After two years of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, families in Bethlehem last night gathered to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree for the first time in two years.
As NPR's Hadil al-Shalshi reports, the city hopes to bring back tourism that was lost during the war.
Congress is a step closer to attempting to alter a key set of numbers from the 2030 Census.
NPR's Hansi Lo Wong reports those numbers influence how presidents and members of Congress are elected.
This is NPR News in Washington.
College football fans saw at least one major upset in last night's conference championship games.
There are critics of a huge new entertainment industry consolidation.
Last week, Netflix settled a deal to buy Warner Brothers Discovery, which owns HBO Max.
The $72 billion deal would bring together two of the biggest players in TV and film,
Among the critics, antitrust champion Senator Elizabeth Warren, she calls the deal an anti-monopoly nightmare, warning the end result could be higher prices and fewer choices.
Artificial intelligence face identification cameras are now in use in Edmonton, Canada.
Police there have started a pilot project for what they say is an effort to use police body cameras to detect faces on a high-risk watch list.
Critics say there are ethical concerns and there's been no public debate about the technology.