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An NPR investigation finds that the military court and prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, with billions more expected. (Above) An American flag is seen through the war crimes courtroom at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay on Oct. 17, 2012.

Guantánamo Has Cost Billions; Whistleblower Alleges 'Gross' Waste

An NPR investigation finds that the military court and prison at Guantánamo Bay have cost taxpayers billions, with billions more expected.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Friday, March 30, 2018.

SpaceX Launches 10 Iridium Satellites From California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 10 next-generation satellites Friday for Iridium Communications from California.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to visit members of the U.S. military during an unannounced trip to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Wednesday. Reporters traveling with Trump, as has happened with past presidents, were not allowed to report that the president was in Iraq until the end of the visit for security purposes.

'Can You Come To The White House?' A Reporter's Tale Of A Surprise Trip To Iraq

NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith was one of 13 reporters to go with President Trump to Iraq, an assignment that meant keeping a big secret — even from family.

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop — but the country plans to impose tariffs, in response to a Trump administration plan. Here, a worker takes a sample from a truckload of soybeans in Fargo, N.D., last December.

China's $50 Billion Tariff Threat Targets U.S. Soybeans, Cars, Whiskey

China listed 106 items it could hit with tariffs, this time including America's biggest export to the country: soybeans.

A photo that passenger David Eun tweeted shortly after, he wrote, he and others on board escaped from Asiana Flight 214.

Developing: Boeing 777 Crashes At San Francisco International

A Boeing 777 that news outlets say was inbound from Seoul, South Korea, is on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport with smoke billowing from its fuselage. It appears the jet broke into at least two large pieces.

62 Dead In FlyDubai Plane Crash In Russia

There are no survivors after the Boeing 737-800 crashed on landing in Rostov-on-Don early Saturday, Dubai and Russian officials say. Poor weather conditions are being considered as a possible cause.

President Trump addresses a crowd during the debut of the new Dreamliner 787 at Boeing's South Carolina facilities on Feb. 17 in North Charleston. Trump uses Boeing as an example of his "America First" policies, but the plane parts come from all over.

Trump's 'America First' Agenda Marks Sharp Break In U.S. Economic Policy

President Trump's plans, a rebuke of the prevailing push toward globalization, may overlook what's under the hood when it comes to manufacturing.

Graffiti on a wall commemorates the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash in 2014 in Koog aan de Zaan, The Netherlands. The aircraft was shot down by Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine using a Russian-made surface-to-air missile.

Australian Couple Who Lost Children In MH17 Lambaste Trump For Not Confronting Putin

Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the destruction of the Malaysia Airlines flight shot down by a Russian missile over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 passengers and crew.

Special Air Mission 26000, which was known as Air Force One when it flew presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, is shown at Andrews Air Force Base in 1966. The jet that carried President Kennedy's body from Dallas and President Nixon to China. Its final flight was in 1998.

Museum Builds New Hanger To Show Off Former Air Force One

The Boeing 707 that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy's body from Dallas to Washington, D.C., is center stage in a new $40 million hanger at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

A Chinese worker looks on as a cargo ship is loaded at a port in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province, in July 2017. The United States is China's biggest single export market.

China Is Better Able To Withstand A Trade War Than In The Past

The United States still buys a lot of products from China, but overall China is a lot less dependent on trade than it used to be. And Beijing now has leverage over the U.S. that it once lacked.

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