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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6. On Friday he announced a new election security czar for the agency.

Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats Appoints New Election Security Czar

Spy world veteran Shelby Pierson will attempt to centralize election security efforts across the intelligence community with soon-to-be-designated agency leads.

Retired Vice Adm. Joseph Maguire appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee to be confirmed as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, in July 2018.

Trump Names New Acting Director Of National Intelligence

President Trump named Joseph Maguire shortly after the deputy director of national intelligence resigned. Maguire is currently director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

After Harassment Report, NPR Is Intent On Instilling Trust In Management

An outside legal review of NPR's handling of allegations against former top news executive Michael Oreskes found that questions were raised about his behavior even before he was hired.

Judge Garland Has Ability To 'Assemble Unlikely Coalitions,' Obama Says

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. NPR's Ron Elving says Garland has been held up as an "exemplar of the kind of person who ought to be" in these positions.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee during a hearing on July 22, 2024. Cheatle resigned her position the next day.

Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt

U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned from her job, according to a statement released by the White House.

A customer prays during a "villain hitting" ceremony under the Canal Road Flyover in Hong Kong, on Sunday, March 5, 2023. People holding a grudge may have found a way to release it in Hong Kong's "villain hitting" ritual.

Have a villain in your life? In Hong Kong, a ritual helps ease anxieties

Customers pay ritual practitioners to bash an image of their target with a shoe. It could be anyone — rival lovers and unfriendly colleagues, or horrible bosses and unlikeable public figures.

The Story of Tanasi, Part 3: The Small Fish in the Highest Court

Today we follow this story from the fight the farmers started to save their little valley of heaven all the way to the Supreme Court and beyond.

Peter Navarro speaks during a protest at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021.

Ex-Trump advisers Peter Navarro, Dan Scavino to face Jan. 6 panel criminal referral

Navarro was the former trade adviser, while Scavino was former deputy chief of staff. The two had been named in earlier committee subpoenas to testify.

FBI offers $10K reward in search for Jan. 6 attack fugitive from New Jersey

The agency said it and other law enforcement agencies are looking for 47-year-old Gregory Yetman. The FBI was being joined by law enforcement officers from state, county and local police.

E. Jean Carroll has been paid more than $5 million in damages, three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the writer. Here, Carroll departs Manhattan federal appeals court following arguments in an appeal brought by Trump in New York City in September 2024.

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.6 million from Trump in sexual abuse and defamation case

The payment comes three years after a jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer.

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