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NPR has learned that the Pentagon has been warning U.S. lawmakers that military aid in Ukraine is running out. There are now fears that ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy could delay battlefield support.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas about another deadly U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela.

In an update to NPR's Taking Cover investigation, a U.S. senator asks for answers from the Marines and an Army soldier, still serving on active duty, has been denied the truth about his war wounds.

U.S. support for Ukraine's war against Russia is fast eroding. Ukraine's Volodymr Zelenskyy visited Washington today to make a last-ditch push for more U.S. weapons and aid.

The top U.S. officer in Iraq, Gen. John Campbell, says the airstrike Saturday was targeting Taliban forces in Kunduz. A hospital nearby was hit, killing 22 people, including three children.

An attack in northern Syria has killed U.S. service members. The Defense Department says they were on a routine patrol. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A special U.S. Navy operation freed Richard Phillips — the captain who was held captive by Somali pirates for five days off the east coast of Africa. U.S. Navy snipers shot to death three of the pirates on Sunday.

The news in Syria has raised immediate questions about the fate of Assad's stockpiles of chemical weapons and the continued presence of U.S. forces fighting the Islamic State in the northeast.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk visited the Pentagon on Friday. Questions about the purpose of the visit ignited a firestorm.

Florida's controversial immigration detention center nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz" may be closing soon. It's been very expensive to operate.