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Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting Ben Rhodes is accompanied by Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz at a press briefing at Martha's Vineyard

The post-9/11 generation 'came to understand the limits of what America could accomplish,’ former Obama adviser says

For former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes, 9/11 was a life-changing event. Rhodes joined The World's host Marco Werman to talk about the last 20 years since 9/11, and about his perspective on the end of the US mission in Afghanistan.

The post-9/11 generation 'came to understand the limits of what America could accomplish,’ former Obama adviser says
Students stand in a line in front of the US Supreme Court with signs that read "Home is here"

A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support

A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support
Christopher Krebs is shown seated and wearing a blue suit and light blue tie while speaking into a small microphone.

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security

Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security
A large coal processing plant is shown from above with several smokestacks billowing emmissions.

China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060

China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
US President Donald Trump is shown sitting at a wooden table next to then Defense Secretary James Mattis with the US flag behind them.

Mattis, Obama speak out; The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown; Arctic oil spill

Mattis, Obama speak out; The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown; Arctic oil spill
Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at the University of Colorado to launch a voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters on Oct. 28, 2015.

The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.

The path to victory in the US presidential election in November cannot afford to ignore the Latino vote. But Latinas' voting power goes beyond their individual votes: They’re likely to encourage friends and family to vote, too.

The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
Cuban Americans protest Raul Castro leaving office as Cuba's president and Miguel Diaz Canel named as the new president, in Little Havana neighborhood in Miami, Florida

Analysis: Beyond Cuban exceptionalism and toward the 2020 elections

For decades, Cubans have been granted preferential treatment when immigrating to the US. Cuba scholar Rebecca Bodenheimer analyzes what moving away from Cuban exceptionalism could mean for the 2020 election.

Analysis: Beyond Cuban exceptionalism and toward the 2020 elections
Samantha Power sitting The World's studio for a radio interview.

Former Amb Samantha Power stresses ‘political evolution, rather than revolution’

"There's always something you can do" in the face of challenges, says the former US ambassador to the United Nations in a discussion on her new memoir, "The Education of an Idealist."

Former Amb Samantha Power stresses ‘political evolution, rather than revolution’
Men and women sit around a negotiating table with flags in the background.

Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog

Diplomacy is often awkward, stymied by translators, late nights and unsecured yurt communication (yes, that really happened). But diplomacy can also stop a war, as years of secret and not-so-secret negotiations between the US and Iran proved when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was reached in 2015.

Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog
A sign reads: "It's 2 minutes to midnight"

'Things That Go Boom:' Nothing good happens after 'nuclear midnight'

It's been a year since the US pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal ad some experts warn that the threat of a worldwide meltdown is the worst its been since the darkest, most dangerous days of the Cold War.

'Things That Go Boom:' Nothing good happens after 'nuclear midnight'
George W. Bush holds a loud speaker in his hand.

The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here's what that means.

US President Donald Trump has suggested he could declare a national emergency to get a border wall. This hasn't happened yet, but the US is still technically in crisis. There are 31 national emergencies currently active, ranging from last year to 1979.

The US is currently in 31 other national emergencies. Here's what that means.
Former US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano gives her final official speech at the National Press Club in Washington on August 27, 2013.

Wall would be 'wasteful and ineffective,' says former Homeland Security chief Napolitano

Although in favor of adding a few new barriers in strategic locations on the US-Mexico border, Napolitano says building a wall from "sea to shining sea" would be wasteful. The border is "not in a crisis situation," she says.

Wall would be 'wasteful and ineffective,' says former Homeland Security chief Napolitano
The company Oneida Limited had been making flatware in Sherrill, New York since 1880, but the factory was shut down in 2005 and work was shifted to Asia. Today, 53 people are working at a new company, Liberty Tabletop, the only manufacturer of flatware in

Trump hypes jobs relocating back to the US. Are they?

How much credit, or blame, does Washington deserve for jobs moving back, or not moving back, to the US?

Trump hypes jobs relocating back to the US. Are they?
Copper and blue colored pipes are shown stacked on their sides in Gascoyne, North Dakota.

A judge has halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline

A federal judge in Montana halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Thursday on the grounds that the US government did not complete a full analysis of the environmental impact of the TransCanada Corp. project.

A judge has halted construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
Police allow someone to pass outside the Time Warner Center

Officials investigating bombs sent to top Democrats and CNN as election looms

A suspicious package sent to Clinton was found late Tuesday while another package addressed to Obama was found early Wednesday. The Time Warner Center in New York City was evacuated after an explosive device was found in the CNN mail room Wednesday morning.

Officials investigating bombs sent to top Democrats and CNN as election looms