As Rhetoric Escalates, What Do We Know About North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal?
There's a great deal of uncertainty around North Korea's capabilities, but here are the facts.
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Black Journalists' Panel With Omarosa Manigault Ends In Anger
The crowd objected to the White House aide's seeming refusal to answer questions about the Trump administration. She told the moderator, "Ask me a question about me."
From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations
President Trump announced Thursday that his administration plans to declare a national emergency to deal with the opioid epidemic. Six states have already taken this step.
Week In Politics: U.S. Trades Threats With North Korea
Tensions are on the rise between the U.S. and North Korea. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, for more on this story and the rest of the week in politics.
Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages On North Korea
President Trump warned North Korea in a tweet Friday that if the country should act unwisely, military solutions are now fully in place. But Secretary of Defense James Mattis struck a different tone.
Trump's Rhetoric On North Korea Calls Diplomacy Into Question
President Trump says military solutions are "locked and loaded" on North Korea, and he's thanking Russia's Vladimir Putin for kicking out American diplomats. But that raises questions about where this leaves U.S. diplomacy.
Despite Trump's Escalating Rhetoric, Little Evidence Of War Preparations
Despite the president's heated rhetoric regarding North Korea, there is little evidence the U.S. is preparing for war. The U.S. military presence in the western Pacific is robust, but is not being significantly boosted and remains a deterrent force.
China Remains Reserved As U.S. Trades Threats With North Korea
NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Yun Sun, senior associate with the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., about China's reaction to the rising tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
Mueller Turns Up The Heat With Unusual Search Warrant In Russia Probe
Legal experts said Russia special counsel Robert Mueller is moving with unusual speed and assertiveness. Mueller may be increasing pressure to try to secure cooperation from insiders.
Despite Rhetoric On North Korea, U.S. Military Posture Hasn't Really Changed
If the U.S. is preparing for war on the Korean Peninsula, there is little evidence to show for it. The military posture is more about deterrence than anything else.