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According to multiple news reports, the banner was taken down after President Trump and senior State Department officials expressed displeasure with it.

NPR's Scott Simon asks human rights activist Kyaw Win about Myanmar's ambassador to the U.N., who publicly called for international help to overturn the military coup in Myanmar.

An escalation of violence in the Middle East over the last 24 hours, including a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members, has raised concerns about the possibility of a regional war.

The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets.

Protecting the casting and counting of votes is only one potential issue for policymakers. How a cyberattack might disrupt Election Day in 2018 or 2020 is one of the big unanswered questions.

The U.S. sends reinforcements to Iraq after the Embassy is attacked. North Korea's leader says he's no longer bound by a nuclear missile moratorium. And, 2020 promises plenty of political headlines.

Botticelli's most famous Renaissance painting shows the goddess Venus, standing nude on a giant shell. Now, an exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts shows other works, seldom seen outside of Italy.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Rachel Kyte, special envoy for climate change for the World Bank, who explains the push-pull between rich and poor countries over financing measures to stop climate change.

In response to Britain's Chilcot report, former coalition administrator Paul Bremer says "Washington hadn't prepared for the aftermath of war" in Iraq. Lynn Neary speaks with Bremer about the inquiry.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of American political rhetoric, about how President Trump has changed the way Americans talk about politics, the government and each other.