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NPR'S Kelly McEvers speaks to Wall Street Journal Pentagon reporter Michael Phillips about how American and Russian jets have nearly collided over Syria.

Reuters news agency reports that a Kremlin-linked think tank hatched a plot to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. Steve Inskeep talks to Ned Parker, one of the reporters on the story.

The U.S.-Saudi partnership endures despite the regular divergence of values and sometimes even regional interests. David Greene talks to Ali Al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zebari, an-ex Iraqi foreign minister, about calls in Iraq for U.S. troops to leave the country. Zebari says he worries about a resurgence of ISIS.

President Trump is ordering the withdrawal of 7,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, about half the number now deployed there. The effects of this action on military operations are not yet clear.

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against China's most important telecommunications company on Monday, potentially deepening the ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

Census Bureau Director John Thompson resigned his position this week. The bureau is in the midst of ramping up its operation ahead of the 2020 Census. At the same time, Congress is pushing to keep a lid on costs.

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yate and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper both talked about the fact that Russia was trying to meddle in the presidential election.

The move reverses former President Barack Obama's 2015 decision to reject the controversial pipeline.

The Obama administration has issued a sweeping final rule banning smoking in all public housing units nationwide, extending a smoke-free environment to nearly a million units.