Opinion

The Lincoln Bible is part of the collection at the Library of Congress. Lauren Victoria Burke/AP For all their differences, when Donald Trump takes the oath of office to succeed Barack Obama on Friday, one small but symbolic similarity will be on display. Trump will […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: Beyond his social media statements over the weekend, the president-elect had much more to say in an interview with two European publications. He opined on the usefulness of NATO and the European Union, on the stability of Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel, and […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: President-elect Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the U.N., South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, plans to question why the U.S. contributes 22 percent of the U.N.’s budget. In prepared remarks for her confirmation hearing tomorrow, we also learned that she will criticize […]

St. Basil Cathedral is in Moscow’s Red Square. File photo by Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters Not since the end of the Cold War has Russia dominated U.S. headlines to the degree we’ve seen during this election. According to U.S. intelligence services, Russian President Vladimir Putin is waging […]

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun review an honor guard upon Aoun’s arrival to Doha, Qatar, Jan. 11, 2017   RIYADH —  Lebanese President Michel Aoun said after a visit to Saudi Arabia that his country’s close ties to […]

Top U.S. intelligence officials have briefed leaders in Washington about an explosive — but unverified — document that alleges collusion between Russia and President-elect Donald Trump, NPR has learned. The brief, which NPR has seen but not independently verified, was given by Senate Armed Services […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: The nation’s top intelligence officials appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, just days after the release of a report on the alleged role of Russian influence during the 2016 election and intrusion into both Democratic and Republican networks. Margaret Warner reports. SEN. […]

Donald Trump has named his son-in-law to a top White House job. Jared Kushner will serve as a senior adviser to the president, and the transition team says he will work with incoming Chief of staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen Bannon “to execute […]

  JUDY WOODRUFF: The day’s other major story is Florida. Panic erupted at the Fort Lauderdale Airport, when a gunman shot five people to death and wounded eight more before he was captured. William Brangham picks it up from there. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: The shooting set […]