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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.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of general and admirals from across the globe to a meeting in Virginia. But there's no word on why the highly unusual meeting has been called.

The bodies of six hostages were returned to Israel. Security cabinet members and members of the public in Israel are responding.

2021 began with the riot and storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and soon after, President Trump's second impeachment for inciting those events.

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.

2: Writer, actor, director HAROLD RAMIS. He's one of the most influential forces behind some of the biggest comedy hits of the late 70s and 80s. But his influence is not generally known by those outside the industry. (For that reason he's been called the "Clark Kent" of comedy. Also because he's "mild-mannered," "bespectacled," and he "looks as if he would be the first to duck under the table at the first sign of a food fight"). RAMIS wrote for "The National Lampoon Show," and "SCTV." He co-wrote as well as acted in the movies, "Animal House," "Stripes," "Ghostbusters," and others. He directed the movie, "Groundhog Day," starring his old co-star Bill Murray. (REBROADCAST from 2/11/93).

In our call-in segment, we hear from listeners about where they go in their community for civil conversations with people of different political stripes.

The veterans traveled from Mississippi only to find the National World War II Memorial closed, because of the shutdown. Shortly thereafter, they took matters into their own hands.

Iranians of all political stripes complain of a dead-end economy. Some blame U.S. sanctions while others fault government mismanagement and corruption.

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.

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.