A contingent of U.S. lawmakers from the House of Representatives has made a commemorative parachute jump at Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Tuesday marks two years since historic protests paralyzed the island of Cuba as hundreds took to the streets calling for change.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers participated in a discussion about the situation in Cuba on Monday at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami’s Little Havana.

The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use the beleaguered nation to plan attacks against the U.S. homeland.