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Syd Seiler pauses during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Seiler is freshly retired after decades of advising presidents, military commanders and diplomats, making reported secret trips to North Korea and serving as a lead U.S. negotiator on talks to contain its nuclear program.

Ex-US intelligence officer for North Korea points to growing concern on nuclear threat toward South

Syd Seiler pauses during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Seiler is freshly retired after decades of advising presidents, military commanders and diplomats, making reported secret trips to North Korea and serving as a lead U.S. negotiator on talks to contain its nuclear program.

September 8, 2023, 12:07pm Politics

The founder of North Korea’s ruling dynasty, an isolationist totalitarian leader named Kim Il Sung, was still building some of the country’s first nuclear facilities when Syd Seiler arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a young U.S. military intelligence officer. Read story

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to diffuse the paper in front of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington.

Inside the brand new White House Situation Room: Cutting-edge tech, mahogany and that new car smell

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file image released by the White House and digitally altered by the source to diffuse the paper in front of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington.

September 8, 2023, 10:34am Nation & World

The White House Situation Room — a space of great mystique and even greater secrecy — just got a $50 million facelift. Read story

FILE - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to The Associated Press about her visit to Ukraine a year ago and her time as the Democratic leader in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Pelosi said Friday, Sept. 8, that she will run for reelection to another term in Congress as Democrats work to win back the majority in 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Nancy Pelosi says she’ll run for reelection in 2024 as Democrats try to win back House majority

FILE - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to The Associated Press about her visit to Ukraine a year ago and her time as the Democratic leader in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Pelosi said Friday, Sept. 8, that she will run for reelection to another term in Congress as Democrats work to win back the majority in 2024. (AP Photo/J.

September 8, 2023, 9:35am Latest News

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will run for reelection to another term in Congress as Democrats work to win back the majority in 2024. Read story

FILE - Luci Baines Johnson looks at the desk on May 16, 2023, on display at the LBJ Presidential Library, that President Lyndon B. Johnson sat at in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on Aug. 6, 1965. Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs.

Presidential centers from Hoover to Bush and Obama unite to warn of fragile state of U.S. democracy

FILE - Luci Baines Johnson looks at the desk on May 16, 2023, on display at the LBJ Presidential Library, that President Lyndon B. Johnson sat at in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, on Aug. 6, 1965. Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs.

September 8, 2023, 6:00am Politics

Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a recommitment to the country's bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs. Read story

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks with reporters near the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington.

Hundreds of military promotions are on hold as a Republican senator demands end to abortion policy

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks with reporters near the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington.

September 7, 2023, 5:00pm Latest News

Top defense officials are accusing Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville of jeopardizing America's national security with his hold on roughly 300 military promotions, raising the stakes in a clash over abortion policy that shows no signs of easing. Read story

U.S. announces new $600 million aid package for Ukraine to boost counteroffensive

September 7, 2023, 2:19pm Latest News

The Pentagon announced a new $600 million package of long-term aid to Ukraine on Thursday, providing funding for an array of weapons and other equipment just a day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the country and pledged $1 billion in new military and humanitarian aid. Read story

Jury weighs case of Trump White House adviser Navarro’s failure to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee

September 7, 2023, 10:35am Politics

A jury began weighing contempt of Congress charges against Trump White House official Peter Navarro on Thursday over his failure to cooperate with a subpoena from the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Read story

Sen. Mitch McConnell vows to complete his term

September 6, 2023, 5:09pm Nation & World

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared again Wednesday that he plans to finish his term as leader despite freezing up at two news conferences over the summer, brushing off questions about his health as he sought to reassure colleagues he’s still up to the job. Read story

Prosecutors seeking new indictment for Hunter Biden before end of September

September 6, 2023, 1:34pm Politics

Federal prosecutors plan to ask a grand jury to indict President Joe Biden’s son Hunter by the end of the month, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Read story

Capt. Larry Taylor, an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy, listens as President Joe Biden speaks before he is awarded the Medal of Honor during a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Biden will award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight

Capt. Larry Taylor, an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy, listens as President Joe Biden speaks before he is awarded the Medal of Honor during a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

September 5, 2023, 1:57pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor on Tuesday to a Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot who risked his life by flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun. Read story