National Security

After four years of stepped-up enforcement, the Biden administration is announcing new guidelines that sharply limit who can be arrested and deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

President Biden is set to give his first address to a foreign — yet familiar — audience at the virtual Munich Security Conference on Friday.

President Biden's Department of State says it can both push for human rights and democracy in Egypt and continue to supply the country with weapons. That's the way it explained its approach this week.

Prosecutors say the trio works for North Korea's military intelligence unit and attempted to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrencies.

The U.S. and NATO were to decide this week on whether to pull their troops out of Afghanistan at the end of April. But that decision was put on hold as the Biden administration reviews its options.

Leo Brent Bozell IV, whose father runs the conservative Media Research Center, has been charged in federal court for allegedly joining the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

"The very fact that we're constantly trying to build that more perfect union is an acknowledgement of our imperfection," Antony Blinken told NPR. "It's in the striving that you really make progress."

China remains the largest geopolitical challenge for the Biden administration. One part of that challenge is a new sort of space race involving global navigation technology.

Local media reported rockets fell in several areas in and around the city, and multiple people were being treated for injuries in hospital. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.

Brig. Gen. Mark Quander is taking a new position in charge of cadets at West Point. He talked with NPR about his family's military history and how to address extremist ideologies in the military.

Since 2002, the prison has housed members of Al-Qaida and the Taliban. At its peak, Guantanamo Bay had almost 680 people detained at the installation.

President Biden has a long to-do list when it comes to cybersecurity. He has to deal with a major cyber breach still under investigation, and there's a running debate over online conspiracy campaigns.