Damage to the USS John S. McCain is visible as the guided-missile destroyer steers toward Changi naval base in Singapore following a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC in August. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton/AP hide caption
National Security
Friday
The State Department is suspending visa services at the U.S. Embassy in Havana indefinitely. Desmond Boylan/AP hide caption
Displaced Syrians head to refugee camps on the outskirts of Raqqa on Sunday. Syrian fighters, backed by the U.S., have been driving out the Islamic State. However, many civilians are fleeing the fighting, and there's still no sign of a political settlement in Syria on the horizon. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota is soon to be off-limits to drone flights. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
Twitter officials are expected to meet with Senate Intelligence Committee investigators. Staffers want to know about the use of fake accounts, bots and trolls to influence the trends and topics on the social platform. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Religious leaders and activists from the Church World Service protest Wednesday, urging Congress to pressure President Trump to allow more refugees to enter the U.S. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Residents at La Perla community in Old San Juan comfort one another as the community recovers from Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday. Carlos Giusti/AP hide caption
Chadian soldiers rest in the shade of their armored vehicle near Malam Fatori in April 2015, after troops retook the town from Boko Haram. Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Roger Stone (right), a former adviser to President Trump, arrives to appear before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. Stone flatly denied any accusations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
A Border Patrol vehicle rides beside an already existing portion of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border south of San Diego. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption
From left, Bill Wanlund of the Falls Church electoral board, Jessica Wilson of voting machine company Hart InterCivic and David Bjerke, the Falls Church director of elections test the city's new voting machines ahead of this November's election. Pam Fessler/NPR hide caption
Monday
Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course in August at Quantico, Va. The first female Marine to complete the course graduated on Monday. Master Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen/Office of Marine Corps Communication hide caption
Sunday
Paul Manafort speaks on the phone while touring the floor of the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Russian-backed hackers targeted election systems in 21 states but federal officials had not told state election officials which states were targeted until now. Tami Chapell/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The travel ban, which has in the past led to chaos at airports and court cases, is one of the signature initiatives of the Trump administration. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption