Retired two-star U.S. Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton co-authored a recent op-ed about the fear that a coup could succeed after the 2024 elections. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
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In this image provided by the White House, President Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., on Thursday. Adam Schultz/The White House via AP hide caption
Biden again calls on Putin to de-escalate tensions along Ukraine border
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A Ukrainian soldier walks in a trench on the front line in Zolote, Ukraine, earlier this month. A buildup of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine has heightened worries that Russia intends to invade. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption
Proud Boys walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge has refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the group with conspiring to attack the Capitol. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden took calls to the NORAD Tracks Santa Operations Center on Christmas Eve. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev closes his resignation speech after delivering it at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 25, 1991. After 74 years, the Soviet Union was dissolved, breaking into 15 countries. But there's often been friction among the former Soviet republics, including the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine. Liu Heung Shing/AP hide caption
How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine tension
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
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Harvard University professor Charles Lieber departs federal court, in Boston, Jan. 30, 2020. He has been found guilty of hiding his involvement with China from the IRS. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
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Pilots from the American Volunteer Group sit in front of a P-40 airplane in Kunming, China, on March 27, 1942. The group was notable for its unusual mission: Its members were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan. AP hide caption
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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov outlined Moscow's demands for security guarantees excluding NATO's membership for Ukraine and other Russian neighbors and the deployments of weapons there. Thomas Peter/AP file photo hide caption
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon last month. The military branches have begun discharging people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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President Biden presents the Medal of Honor to Army Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee for his actions in Afghanistan on Aug. 28, 2013. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride in the car in a motorcade in Dallas. Jim Altgens/AP hide caption
Taliban political office spokesman Muhammad Naeem Wardak spoke with NPR in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 11. Fatma Tanis/NPR hide caption
What the Taliban really want from the world, in their own words
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U.S. President Bill Clinton raises his glass to toast with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at a dinner reception in Moscow in 1995. Busy with political and economic crises that followed the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin paid little attention when Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP file photo hide caption