Nick Mordowanec

Nick Mordowanec was previously a national news and investigative reporter for Newsweek, focusing on U.S. and international politics, military/defense, immigration, crime, social issues and features over a four-year period. Other coverage included education, economics, and wars in Ukraine and Gaza. His reporting on the opioid epidemic garnered a statewide Michigan Press Association award. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, the exterior of the Veterans Affairs Department hospital is shown in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during the NATO-Industry Forum (NIF) 2025, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

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President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speak during a meeting at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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A couple of heavily armed New York National Guard soldiers patrol Grand Central terminal, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Daryl Sager with his Canine Companions service dog, Adria, a Labrador cross golden retriever. (Canine Companions)

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A man holds a doll of late President Hugo Chavez near the United Nations' office in Caracas, Venezuela, during a government-organized rally against foreign interference on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in a tour at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Charleston, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

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A man sells tomatoes and peppers at the market in Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

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A palette loaded with bundles of seized cocaine and marijuana is lowered down by a crane, as the U.S. Coast Guard unloads more than one billion dollars worth of seized drugs from the Coast Guard Cutter James at Port Everglades, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Traffic flows through the main gate past a welcome sign, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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In this Aug. 29, 2017, file photo distributed on Aug. 30, 2017, by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the test launch of a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during Iowa's Roast and Ride, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler, center, is joined by, from left, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., at a news conference on day 27 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

SBA Administrator Blames Democrats For Cancellation of Veteran Small Business Week

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

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