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Senator Reid says the military is carrying out operations that are typically handled by the Coast Guard.

The Trump administration maintains that all of the people killed in dozens of U.S.

military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and East Pacific this year were drug traffickers.

Congress is working on a deal that could possibly extend subsidies for people enrolled in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act.

As NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin reports, a new survey finds that most enrollees want lawmakers to do something.

The Department of Homeland Security is ramping up its scrutiny of legal migrants.

As NPR's Ximena Bustillo reports, the move comes after an Afghan national was charged with shooting two National Guard members.

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Russia alleges that Apple's FaceTime feature is being used to organize terrorist activities.

It's the latest in Moscow's years-long effort to control Internet and online communications.

Russia banned social media platforms after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and shut down many cell phone connections.

The leader of a Palestinian militia opposing Hamas has been killed.

As NPR's Aya Patraoui reports, the militia leader had been backed and armed by Israel.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is asking fellow Republicans to stop airing their grievances in public.

The request comes amid increasing criticism of Johnson's leadership and concerns among GOP lawmakers that their party is losing public support.

It also comes amid frustration over Johnson's handling of the shutdown and the release of government files on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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