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Retired General James Hoyer is a former adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard.

He told NPR's weekend edition that the youth of these soldiers makes the case all the more tragic.

The Trump administration now has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports.

Holiday flights this weekend are facing some disruptions after Airbus ordered immediate software fixes for a number of its aircraft, a move that has forced airlines to ground planes.

Rebecca Rossman has more.

A collection of anecdotal reports from the Federal Reserve points to a modest slowdown in consumer spending.

NPR's Scott Horsley has details.

President Trump says he plans to cancel all executive orders President Biden signed with an auto pen.

Legal experts say that auto pen signatures have been used multiple times and recognized as valid.

This is NPR News in Washington.

An Israeli raid on a village in southern Syria has left at least 13 people dead.

Syria's foreign ministry says women and children are among the dead.

Israel says its troops were rounding up suspects from a militant group when they came under attack and subsequently returned fire.

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque as part of this first trip of his papacy to Turkey and then Lebanon.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock is traveling with this first American pope.

She reports that Pope Leo showed respect at the mosque and chose not to pray there.

Parisian authorities believe they now have in custody the four people who executed the broad daylight robbery of crown jewels from the Louvre last month.

The last of the four apprehended a few days ago.

Police say he has a record that includes six criminal convictions.

He's facing new charges of robbery by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy.