A rocket designed to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday. The Pentagon says it shot down a mock warhead over the Pacific in a success for the U.S. missile defense program. Matt Hartman/AP hide caption
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Tuesday
U.S. troops man a roadblock on Dec. 26, 1989, in Panama City, preventing access to the Vatican Embassy where Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega was holed up. The U.S. forces played loud rock music in an attempt to bring Noriega out. He surrendered on Jan. 3, 1990. AP hide caption
Monday
A memorial outside Jones' congressional office includes 568 pictures of Marines from Camp Lejeune — which is in Jones' district — who were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. Susan Davis/NPR hide caption
'Asking God To Forgive Me': N.C. Lawmaker Seeks Redemption For War Votes
Friday
Then-national security adviser Michael Flynn (left) and Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and the president's son-in-law, in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 13. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Report: Kushner Discussed Setting Up Secret Communications With Russia
Wednesday
A defaced Islamic State flag is emblazoned on a wall in Tikrit, Iraq, in 2015. ISIS will generally claim responsibility for an attack within one day, though it can sometimes take longer. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
What Does It Mean When ISIS Claims Responsibility For An Attack?
Tuesday
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn sitting in the White House in February. The Senate Intelligence Committee announced it has subpoenaed two companies owned by Flynn. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Former CIA Director John Brennan prepares to testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Yuri Kochetkov/AP hide caption
Monday
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this month. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, pictured in April, is extending the Temporary Protected Status designation for Haitians in the U.S. until January 2018. But he says conditions are improving in Haiti, seven years after an earthquake killed more than 200,000 people there. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Homeland Security Extends Protections For Thousands Of Haitians In U.S.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn won't turn over documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee, a source close to Flynn tells NPR. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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President Trump delivers a speech Sunday to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Saturday
Catalina Rodriguez-Lima runs a city office whose mission is to attract new immigrants to Baltimore, a strategy for reversing decades of population decline. Adrian Florido hide caption
Friday
Then-FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing earlier this month before he was fired by President Trump. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak at the White House on May 10. Russian Foreign Ministry/AP hide caption