Politics Intelligence Chiefs Say China, Russia Are Biggest Threats To U.S. The top U.S. intelligence officials detailed concerns to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, with many questions raised about cyberthreats and espionage targeting U.S. technology. Scott Neuman
Business OPEC And Allies Keep Oil Production Steady As Saudi Arabia Urges 'Caution' Oil prices have risen remarkably over the last few months. Now the powerful oil cartel is keeping a lid on supply in an attempt to push crude prices even higher. Camila Domonoske
World Opinion: Alexei Navalny Fights For Freedom Of Expression in Putin's Russia NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the sentencing this week of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The Putin critic was poisoned last year, recovered in Germany, then arrested for violating parole. Scott Simon
World Defying Putin, Russians Return To The Streets To Demand Alexei Navalny's Release For the second weekend in a row, people across Russia cried out for the release of the jailed Kremlin critic and opposition leader. And again they were met by a massive show of force. Jason Breslow
Health Argentina Takes A Shot With Russia's Sputnik Vaccine The nation has been hard hit by the pandemic. The president vowed to start a vaccination campaign by the end of 2020. That did happen — but not exactly as they'd hoped. Jason Beaubien
Technology U.S. Security Agencies: Massive Computer Hack Is 'Likely Russian' In its most detailed comment so far, the U.S. government says the breach of government and private company computer networks "will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate." Greg Myre
Health Putin Promotes Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Russians Are Skeptical The Russian leader has touted Sputnik V, as the vaccine is known, but more than half of Russians say they don't want to take it. Lucian Kim
National U.S. Cyber Agency: SolarWinds Attack Hitting Local Governments The malware-infused SolarWinds software update, blamed on Russian state actors, appears to have infected computers more broadly than previously acknowledged. Jaclyn Diaz
National How A Cybersecurity Firm Uncovered The Massive Computer Hack FireEye was the first to sound the alarm bell on Dec. 8 after it noticed an anomaly. "Right now there's absolutely an escalation in cyberspace," says the company's CEO Kevin Mandia. Greg Myre Laurel Wamsley
Politics Putin And Biden Signal Chilly Relations To Come As the president-elect vows to get tough on Moscow, analysts say Russia's leader wants to show he'll take the fight to Washington — and his congratulations delay was just the latest sign. Lucian Kim
