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The Russian city of Belgorod elected a mayor. The city cultural director wanted stirring music for the inauguration and chose the Star Wars theme. She said later she didn't realize it was American.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday the Obama administration has abandoned the term "global war on terror." She said she didn't know of any specific orders to bar the term's use.

Speeches at the Republican Convention portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader. After Sen. John McCain made the case for war in Iraq, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani assailed Bush's opponent, Sen. John Kerry. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Robert Smith.

In the weeks following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field artillery Regiment set up quarters in a war-damaged palace in Baghdad. A former lair of Uday Hussein, the crumbling palace barracks serve as a backdrop to the new documentary, "Gunner Palace."

Project Billboard, a fledgling non-partisan group whose mission is to stimulate public debate, files a preliminary injunction against Clear Channel in a New York court. The group is trying to force the media giant to run its ad on a prime billboard in Times Square. Clear Channel allegedly rejected it because of its anti-war political message. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The third movie in the third trilogy of the scrappy little space-opera-that-could — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — opened this weekend.

Dueling charges of cyberspying between China and the U.S. are escalating in this new conflict, which could have huge stakes for American industry and trade secrets.

Lt. Col. Paul Yingling is an active-duty commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. On Friday, he published an article in Armed Forces Journal charging Army generals with incompetent leadership in Iraq.

As the U.S. trade war with China rages on, an economist weighed-in about possible long-term repercussions. According to Florida Gulf Coast University…

The measure now goes to the House, where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has indicated it will undergo a series of markups by the Foreign Affairs Committee before a possible floor vote.