The Trump administration issued tough export rules this month, which analysts say could spell a death knell for Huawei's worldwide mobile network ambitions. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Attorney General William Barr, pictured at a press briefing in March, has voiced opposition to the latest surveillance legislation after backing an earlier version. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, shown in 2019, have faced criticism for their handling of the coronavirus. Both are now pushing hard for a vaccine. The United States has already agreed to pay a drug company more than $1 billion to produce a vaccine that's yet to be approved. Xi says if China succeeds in developing a vaccine, it will be declared "a global public good." Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption
In The Battle Against COVID-19, A Risk Of 'Vaccine Nationalism'
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Sergeant First Class Nathan Anslow runs the Inglewood Army recruiting station in Los Angeles. Tom Bowman/NPR hide caption
Army Scales Back In-Person Recruiting, Deploys Virus Testing Before Basic Training
The original military courtroom at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is seen in this photo approved for release by the U.S. military. Walter Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
As Pandemic Halts The Military Court At Guantánamo, Critics Call For Its Closure
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U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, appears at his May 5 confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The Senate confirmed Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence in a 49-44 vote Thursday. Gabriella Demczuk/AP hide caption
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Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, shown broadcasting from Moscow in 2014, says he acted as a whistleblower when he shared classified documents with journalist Barton Gellman. Charles Platiau/AP hide caption
Journalist Who Helped Break Snowden's Story Reflects On His High-Stakes Reporting
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a Capitol Hill news conference on March 25. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A woman in a face mask walks on a deserted Ocean Drive last week in Miami Beach, Fla. War game simulation in the early 2000s foresaw an overwhelmed health care industry struggling to respond to unprecedented demand. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Barton Gellman's new book, Dark Mirror, focuses on his complicated working relationship with Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked the agency's secret surveillance programs. Here, Snowden, who has lived in Moscow since leaving the U.S. in 2013, appears here via a video at a 2015 conference in Italy. Angela Gennaro/AP hide caption
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The FBI claims Dr. Qing Wang received more than $3.6 million in grants from the NIH while also collecting money for the same research from the Chinese government. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies at a Senate committee on alleged FISA abuses in December. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
A declassified document with names of Obama administration officials who could have potentially made requests for the unmasking of Michael Flynn's name. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Attorney General William Barr support passage of now-lapsed surveillance authorities. Debate is expected soon in the Senate. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption