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Voice of America gutted by Trump adviser Kari Lake

Kari Lake, senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has slashed its workforce by 85%, or 1,400 positions. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Samuel Corum/Getty Images Senior White House adviser Kari Lake issued mass layoff notices Friday to 639 employees of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal outlet which

A cancer center in Jordan treats kids from Gaza, but only a few dozen have arrived

A child gets off a bus near the Jordanian border with other pediatric patients who have been evacuated from Gaza through Israel on June 11. Salah Malkawi/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Salah Malkawi/Getty Images AMMAN, Jordan — The King Hussein Cancer Center is huge and gleaming, with steel beams and floor-to-ceiling windows. Cozy cafes

Can War Games Prevent Actual War?

Enlarge this image War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Emily Feng/NPR War game players strategizing their next move. Today's game simulates a total Chinese blockade of the island of Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR Though low tech, table

Trump to decide on Iran action ‘within two weeks,’ White House says

Smokes rises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Be'er Sheva, Israel on Thursday. Leo Correa/AP hide caption toggle caption Leo Correa/AP President Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will strike Iran "within two weeks," the White House said Thursday.

Lessons from Iraq, as Trump teases attacks on Iran

Enlarge this image President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of the White House late March 19, 2003, after a national address announcing he had launched war against Iraq. Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Luke Frazza/AFP via Getty Images President George W. Bush sits in the Oval Office of

The U.S. could use ‘bunker buster’ bombs in Iran. Here’s what to know about them

Airmen look at a GBU-57, or a Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on May 2, 2023. AP/U.S. Air Force hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Air Force As the escalated conflict between Israel and Iran entered its sixth day, the U.S appears to be increasingly weighing direct military involvement. "I

4 things to know as the war between Israel and Iran intensifies

Smoke rises from the rubble of an Iranian state media building in Tehran after an Israeli airstrike on June 16, 2025. The strike, which Israel confirmed targeted "terror-linked propaganda infrastructure," marks a further escalation in regional tensions. MINA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MINA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images There was

Asian shares slide while oil prices surge after Israel’s strike on Iran

Specialist Glenn Carell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP HONG KONG — Markets in Asia opened lower early Friday while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran's capital amid the ramping up tensions over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program.