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U.S. officials tell NPR about what they say is a "significant" victory in the war against al-Qaida in Pakistan. A CIA strike on New Year's Day is said to have killed the terrorist organization's chief of operations in Pakistan, along with his top lieutenant. If the U.S. intelligence is true, this is an important development.

President Trump is praising the cancelation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, leading some U.S. senators to question if it was politically motivated. Colbert has openly criticized the president.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Charge d'Affaires Kristina Kvien, who is now running the U.S. Embassy from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv amid threats of a Russian invasion.

Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed Friday in Baghdad. The U.S. secretary of defense said Soleimani "was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members throughout the region."

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who joined the Republican party this year, is facing an uphill battle to win Senate confirmation as country's top intel chief.

Michigan ranked among the top 20 states in a report scoring each state on susceptibility to environmental risks and comprehensive clean energy policies, a much higher ranking than neighboring Indiana and Ohio but similar to Wisconsin.

Israel says it has killed two top Iranian leaders in airstrikes. One killed was the head of the National Security Council, a hardliner who had been a negotiator on Iranian nuclear talks.

President Trump had been expected to nominate Tomas Philipson as permanent chair of his Council of Economic Advisers. Philipson, an expert on health economics, succeeds Kevin Hassett.

Joshua Powell has admitted wrongdoing on the eve of a corruption trial in New York. In recent years, the former top NRA executive has described the organization as a "grifter culture."

A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was temporarily blocked from landing in Bulgaria due to what Bulgarian authorities say was Russian GPS jamming.