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Amid Rohingya Crisis, White House Mulls Sanctions On Myanmar's Military

2:13am October 24, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The State Department says it is considering using the Global Magnitsky Act to freeze assets and deny visas for the country's top generals.

Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly paid $32 million to a colleague to settle sexual harassment allegations.

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Fresh Headache For Murdochs: Bill O'Reilly Got Raise After Secret Payout

1:35am October 24, 2017

by David Folkenflik

The Murdoch family decided to keep host Bill O'Reilly on the air even after pledging to clean house at Fox News over a larger sexual harassment scandal.

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NPR's Weekend in Washington session at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 2015.

Predictably Unpredictable: Why We Don't Act Like We Should

9:57pm October 23, 2017

We don't always do what we're supposed to. We don't save enough for retirement. We order dessert when we're dieting. In other words we misbehave. Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler asks why.

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If you're going to sing in your car in Montreal, do not pump up the volume.

Canadian Motorist Fined $118 For Singing While Driving

7:50pm October 23, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Montreal police ticketed Taoufik Moalla for screaming in public. But Moalla says he was doing nothing more than singing along to C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)."

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to reporters about the Niger operation during a briefing at the Pentagon on Monday.

A Timeline — And Questions — About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops

7:27pm October 23, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.

President Trump has an opportunity to refocus on the military with a Medal of Honor ceremony and to congressional priorities as he heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday.

After Controversy Over Condolence Calls, Can Trump And The White House Refocus?

6:09pm October 23, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The president once again got sidetracked and mired in a controversy of his own creation for a week. He has a chance to move on this week to more pressing things of substance, but can he?

A roll of "I Voted" stickers sits on a table at an elementary school during the U.S. presidential election on November 8, 2016 in Dearborn, Mich.

A Tale Of Two Efforts To Improve Confidence In U.S. Elections

5:57pm October 23, 2017

by Pam Fessler

One effort, centered on President Trump's voter fraud commission, is mired in controversy. But efforts to improve communication between the feds and election officials are showing progress.

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (center) is escorted to the military courthouse at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 16, the day he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

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At A Hearing For Bowe Bergdahl, The Focus Is On President Trump

5:54pm October 23, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The Army judge, Col. Jeffrey Nance, posed the question of whether the sergeant could receive a fair trial after comments made by the president, who has repeatedly called Bergdahl a traitor.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson steps off the plane as he arrives in Qatar after returning from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Monday. Tillerson paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet with President Ashraf Ghani and other officials.

Tillerson Affirms Afghanistan Commitments In Unannounced Visit

5:52pm October 23, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

In remarks delivered after landing, the secretary invited "moderate voices" within the Taliban to renounce violence. He also called on Pakistan to stop providing safe haven to terrorists.