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Heightened attention on Trump administration-ordered boat strikes has Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the hot seat, with the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee calling for Hegseth's resignation.

Senator Mark Warner tells NPR that the full video of a recent deadly double strike on an alleged drug cartel boat in the Caribbean should be made public and more questions must be answered.

Secretary Hegseth told an audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night that today's drug cartels are the equivalent of al-Qaeda terrorists, both of whom were and are intent on killing Americans.

An NPR investigation has found that for-profit companies are charging military veterans up to $20,000 for help claiming their disability benefits.

NPR's Kaylee Fox-Shannon has details.

The Trump administration says it will forgive the last part of a record fine against Southwest Airlines dating back to the 2022 holiday season operational meltdown.

NPR's Matt Bloom reports.

This is NPR.

Wild bird populations are declining worldwide, thanks in large part due to habitat loss.

And as Vicki Barker reports, that has led to a corresponding rise in the number of streets in the U.K.

named after these vanishing species.

At the offices of the Department of Health and Human Services, officials have altered the identification of a portrait of a transgender health official.

Admiral Rachel Levine had served as Assistant Secretary of Health under President Biden.

She was the first transgender person confirmed for the post.

Levine led the commissioned Corps of the U.S.

Public Health Service, a four-star admiral position.

Under the Trump administration, Levine's first name, Rachel, has now been removed, and she's posted under her pre-transgender name.

The change was made during the recent government shutdown.