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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jasmine El-Gamal, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about the regional reaction to President Trump's announcement to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

President Trump wants South Korea to pay more for the U.S. troops based there. The current agreement expires Monday as the negotiations continue.

Steve Inskeep talks to Supreme Court reporter Amy Howe about the chief justice, who took issue with Trump's description of a federal judge who ruled against an asylum policy as "an Obama judge."

Fallout from this week's midterm elections is still unfolding. Democrats win control of the House, and President Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Eritrea was once dubbed the North Korea of Africa. Now, the United Nations is lifting sanctions on it following a peace deal between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

The group the "Proud Boys" was recently labeled an extremist group by the federal government. That's according to an internal affairs report by the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, Wash.

NPR's Lulu-Garcia Navarro speaks with researcher Matt Barreto about his study showing that Latino voter turnout nearly doubled from 2014 to 2018. More than a quarter were first-time voters, he says.

It appears that China has detained 2 Canadians in possible retaliation for Canada's arrest of a Chinese tech executive. And, a report says China may be scrapping a plan that angered President Trump.

An "inadvertent" text notification, caused by "human error," falsely alerted residents to "seek immediate shelter." Nearly 40 minutes passed before the message was corrected in another notification.

There is strong bipartisan support in the House to overturn the 7-year-old earmark ban in order to give lawmakers a greater say in directing federal dollars.