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 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

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

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center after an all members briefing on the attack on Israel on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Middle East crisis — explained Trump to decide on Iran action

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.

Workers board up a storefront as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Erick, in Acapulco, Mexico on Wednesday. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption toggle caption Fernando Llano/AP PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The hurricane's center was

Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Alexander F. Yuan/AP hide caption toggle caption Alexander F. Yuan/AP WASHINGTON — In yet another twist for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S., the State Department says it will resume processing student and visiting scholar

Israel President Isaac Herzog is seen at his official residence in Jerusalem. Benny Doutsh for NPR hide caption toggle caption Benny Doutsh for NPR JERUSALEM — Israeli President Isaac Herzog told NPR that his country would welcome international support in its war to eradicate Iran's nuclear program, which Israel says was on the threshold of