The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to go ahead with a hearing about foreign influence in the United States, albeit without three of the star witnesses it wanted.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is stepping aside from its investigation into Russia's meddling in the election last year after being accused of ethics violations. Devin Nunes says the charges against him are baseless, and he retains the confidence of House leadership, but his Democratic counterpart welcomed the move.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has stepped down from his committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, tells NPR only the Kremlin's intelligence services, or people connected to it, could be responsible for his unexplained illnesses.

The controversy surrounding the White House has been fueled by numerous leaks from within the administration and intelligence community.

The U.S. has launched missiles at three radar installations on Yemen's coast. It's the first time that the U.S. has carried out strikes against the Houthi rebels during the conflict in Yemen.

The NATO secretary-general and others maintain alliance members should always defend one another. Trump says U.S. participation depends on members paying their share of the cost.

French President Francois Hollande condemned the deadly attack in Nice, France, on Thursday night that killed at least 77 people and wounded scores more.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Vivienne Walt, a reporter for Time Magazine in Paris, about the truck attack in Nice, France, that left more than 70 people dead and injured many more.

More than 70 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a truck crashed into a Bastille Day holiday crowd in Nice. Authorities say the truck was loaded with explosives.

Obama has sought to reduce the world's nuclear stockpile throughout his tenure. Yet he's also put the U.S. on course to spend some $1 trillion on upgrading its aging nuclear arsenal.

At a time when tensions are running high in the South China Sea, Indonesia used explosives to destroy more than 20 foreign fishing boats caught poaching recently in its waters.

The CIA and sheriff's deputies in Loudoun County, Va., accidentally left some explosives in the engine of a school bus, the agency acknowledged. The bus carried kids for two days before mechanics discovered it was still there, but officials say the students were never in any danger. The CIA and local law enforcement have suspended the training program in which working dogs try to sniff out bombs.

American troops captured an Iraqi they call an important operative in the terror group ISIS. But the U.S. says it has no plans to get back into the detainee-holding business. After th...

David Greene speaks with National Security Editor Phil Ewing about the proposal President Obama delivered to Congress for closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Critics wanted President Obama to detail the next phase of his strategy against ISIS in his State of the Union address. What he didn't say about Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria was just as significant.

The third Democratic presidential debate focused on foreign policy and national security. Do the candidates' statements on the issues check out?

Enrique Marquez, a friend of San Bernardino, Calif., shooter Syed Farook, was charged Thursday with conspiring to provide support for terrorism. He also purchased two of the rifles used in the attack.

Fourteen people are dead and at least 17 wounded after at least two gunmen opened fire on a social services center in San Bernardino, Calif. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

Two suspects were killed in a police standoff after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., police said in a press conference. One person is in police custody.