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Va., who is also on the Senate Budget Committee, about how President Trump's tariffs will affect the federal budget and the economy.
A forecast from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office this week says Trump's tariffs could shave $2.8 trillion off the federal debt over the next decade, if they remain in place.
Fifty-three years ago, the devastating impact of the Vietnam War was captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the "napalm girl." A documentary raises questions about who took the photo.
Over the next few decades, about $124 trillion will change hands in the U.S. through inheritance. Those transfers often run into problems. Plant Money navigates some thorny issues in estate planning.
What do Elon Musk's dealings at Tesla and his years in Silicon Valley reveal about how he's approaching his escalating feud with President Trump? NPR talks with tech journalist Kara Swisher.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with immigration lawyer Mariam Masumi about President Trump's new travel ban and why it hasn't sparked the same public outcry as the ban in his first term.
More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts ...
Criticized for its high cost but still selling out nearly everywhere, Nintendo's sequel to their popular Switch console ...
Gerard Van de Werken is a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity Austin, a non-profit housing organization. For our series, Here to Help, he discusses his decades-long history with the organization.
Forecasters at the Congressional Budget Office say President Trump's tariffs could shave $2.8 trillion off the federal debt if they remain in place for a decade. That's a big if.
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has had a great season and is closing in on one of baseball's rarest batting milestones: breaking .400. The last player to do it was Ted Williams in 1941.