A Phalanx weapons defense cannon is mounted on the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely on March 14, 2023. The U.S. military said Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea and thwarted an attack by small boat crews on the same ship later. John C. Clark/AP file photo hide caption
Ice skaters in front of Ottawa City Hall in Ontario on Dec. 12, 2023. Jackie Northam/NPR hide caption
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks during a hearing of a Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee. A combat veteran, Kelly called on the U.S. Marines to explain why wounded troops weren't told the truth about a friendly fire incident in Iraq in 2004. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
The U.S. freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of fugitive defense contractor Leonard Francis known as "Fat Leonard." Francis is at the center of a massive Pentagon bribery scandal, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. U.S. Marshals Service/via AP hide caption
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 7. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Durham, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his combined call-in-show and annual press conference, on Dec. 14, in Moscow, Russia. Contributor/Getty Images hide caption
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on north Gaza on November 22, 2023. Israel says it is using artificial intelligence to find targets. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holding a US flag given to him by then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Nearly a year later he's back in Washington to ask lawmakers for more aid. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021 on her Facebook page. EYEPRESS via Reuters Connect hide caption
Dmytro Orlov, the exiled mayor of Enerhodar, in his office at a community center in Zaporizhzhia. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the U.S. waited in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP hide caption
A U.S. military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2018. AP hide caption