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World NATO foreign ministers to meet in Brussels without the U.S. in attendance NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels Wednesday, and the ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will be top of mind. But there will be a notable absence: The U.S. Teri Schultz
World Former U.S. ambassador to NATO discusses Europe's views on Ukraine peace talks NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Julianne Smith, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about the latest Ukraine peace talks and Europe's role. Steve Inskeep
World A Palestinian imprisoned for planning a bombing is now a prized novelist, and free Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist. Nuha Musleh
Christmas movie throw down: Bill Radke and Dyer Oxley debate 'Die Hard' KUOW's Bill Radke and Dyer Oxley debate a modern holiday question: Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie? Dyer Oxley
World Belgium rejects EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine Belgium on Wednesday rejected a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help prop up Ukraine's economy and war effort over the next two years, saying that the scheme poses financial and legal risks. The Associated Press
Politics Democrats seek limits on who can serve as immigration judges amid mass layoffs The legislation comes after the White House authorized up to 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges and scrapped requirements for them to have immigration law experience. Ximena Bustillo
Arts & Life The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025. James Perkins Mastromarino
Politics 50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. Cory Turner
Arts & Life The use and misuse of the word 'ideology' The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn't always this way. Jason DeRose
National Morning news brief U.S.-Russia call peace talks 'constructive,' but no concrete steps were agreed upon, Lawmakers still seek answers in deadly U.S. boat strike, Republicans hold on to House seat in Tennessee. A Martínez