House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others attend a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, the day after Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote to advance PACT Act. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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The U.S. traded Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to Moscow in a prisoner exchange for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Bout is shown here in custody in Bangkok in 2008. After being extradited to the U.S. and convicted of conspiring to kill Americans, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Chumsak Kanoknan/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is met by reporters outside the hearing room where he chairs the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at the Capitol in Washington, last week. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as they meet with African ministers at U.N. headquarters, May 18, 2022. Eduardo Munoz/AP hide caption
In this government provided photo, Kim Jong Un delivers a defiant speech during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of the signing of the ceasefire armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean War. AP hide caption
Tuesday
CIA Director William Burns testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in March. Burns has focused the agency more on U.S. rivalries with Russia and China. He's been involved in the public release of U.S. intelligence on Russia's military plans in Ukraine, and he's established the China Mission Center at CIA headquarters. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin
Friday
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon, center, speaks with reporters as he departs federal court on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Washington. Accompanying Bannon are his attorneys David Schoen, left, and M. Evan Corcoran. Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump, was found guilty of criminal contempt of Congress charges. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Wednesday
On Aug. 1, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley's nomination, which will make him the first Black four-star general in the U.S. Marine Corps' 246-year history. U.S. Marine Corps hide caption
Monday
Ukrainian servicemen lay flowers at the site of a Russian shelling in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on Friday. Russian missiles struck the city on Thursday, killing at least 23 people and injuring more than 100 others, Ukrainian officials said. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Saturday
President Biden speaks to reporters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday after meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Wednesday
In this courtroom sketch, Joshua Schulte (center) is seated at the defense table flanked by his attorneys on March 4, 2020, in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
New York City's Office of Emergency Management released a public service announcement in the even that a nuclear attack occurs in the city. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Tuesday
NPR used social media and news reports to track four key men spreading misinformation about the 2020 election (from left to right): MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump supporter Mike Lindell, former high school math and science teacher Douglas Frank, former law professor David Clements, and former U.S. Army Captain Seth Keshel. Chet Strange/Getty Images; David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP; Jonathan Drake and Brian Snyder/Reuters hide caption
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Monday
New recruits learn to drill. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion. HUM Images/HUM Images/Universal Images Grou hide caption