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Lauren Hodges is a producer for All Things Considered.

Having a song go viral is usually good news for an artist. But as politicians become more social media savvy and jump in on viral trends, how can musicians respond if they don't like the way a party or administration uses their song?

Author and self-coined "Financial Hype Woman" Berna Anat talks about her new book Money Out Loud: All the Financial Stuff No One Taught Us.

Political humor in Pakistan has evolved over the years to evade censorship and other restrictions. After ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's arrest in May, the internet exploded with memes and jokes.

A look at the events surrounding the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and the controversy that followed. An independent panel has found that "systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels" in the State Department led to inadequate security.

"That's a wonderful sentiment," says Abbi Gold, 59, a Democrat from Arizona. "It's probably a really sweet pipe dream." Hoping to help, many are ramping up trainings for cross-the-aisle conversations.

Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.

The 7-1 decision overturns a 70-plus-year standard of immunity for the bank and its branches. Now a lawsuit filed on behalf of fisherfolk in India can go forward.

"A plus B didn't equal C all the time," one banker said about Manafort's loan applications. Prosecutors say Manafort discussed the prospects for a job in the Trump administration.

In the era of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, mudslinging between rival church factions is now occurring in the open. Key unanswered questions have emboldened some of the pope's critics.