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A new bill from a top Democrat seeks to close a loophole that federal judges have used to collect pension benefits despite facing credible accusations of wrongdoing by employees.

Nations have a duty to act on climate change under international law — and if they don't, they could be held liable. That's the ruling of the top United Nations court.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Macron in Paris to discuss a peace settlement for Ukraine. France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine.

BTS recently returned from a nearly four-year hiatus with a new album and single. Both are now at the top of the Billboard charts.

Driscoll became the youngest-ever Army secretary last year at age 38 with plans to rapidly upgrade drones and other technologies. But Hegseth fired top generals, leading to friction between them.

Top GOP and Democratic strategists say the global pandemic is shifting the calculations in this November's House and Senate races and could make for an unpredictable year.

Kami Rita Sherpa first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994. He has climbed Everest nearly every year since the 1990s — sometimes more than once in a single season.

The Army's top civilian leader has resigned. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House says. It's the latest in a series of military leadership shakeups.

David Greene talks to Virginia political analyst Kyle Kondik about how scandals involving the state's top Democrats will affect upcoming elections there and nationally. NPR's Sarah McCammon weighs in.

Reuters editor Chrystia Freeland traveled the world, interviewing multimillionaires and billionaires for her new book, Plutocrats. She says there's a startling disconnect between those at the very top and the rest of us — one that has the power to transform society in unfortunate ways.