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CEOs of Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook answered questions from members of a House subcommittee investigating whether these tech powerhouses have grown too powerful.

President Trump met with AI CEOs at the White House on Tuesday and promoted a new government AI tool even as concerns about the technology's risks grow.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Peter Armstrong, senior business correspondent at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, about the collapse in US-Canada trade talks.

Venezuela's oil minister and a top state-owned oil company executive visited Houston this week, signing some of their first contracts with U.S. companies since the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.

We find out more about the movement afoot to be able to fix things you own — it's called "right to repair."

The most coveted real estate in business might just be the choicest shelf space of national big box retail. We go inside the room and the process of how stores choose what you can and can't buy.

A slew of American companies are getting billions of dollars back in tariff refunds after a Supreme Court ruling. Many consumers, though, may never get anything back.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks University of Southampton's Thomas Dekeyser about worries AI is becoming fatally out of control.

A new study is out that looked at various ways to try to tackle poverty in Ethiopia. Turns out, cash helps, but the impact of therapy is less clear.

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, pressure on the Panama Canal has increased. And combined with lower water levels, transit prices through the canal are soaring.

Maine's business owners rely on H-2B visas for temporary foreign workers. But the 2026 cap on H-2B workers remains uncertain leaving some seasonal businesses unsure their staffing needs will be met.

The Trump admin's drug price deals came with a promise to offer lower prices in Medicaid. But the goalposts keep moving. Instead of all drugs, it's just one or two. And the deadlines for states to voluntarily sign on has been pushed back twice. So what's the status?

In Nigeria, a film revolution is unfolding — not in cinemas, but on YouTube.

Retailer Target pulled a children's Halloween costume from its shelves after widespread social media backlash, apologizing for selling a garment critics said evoked racist minstrel caricatures.

After increased pressure from Washington, the G7 held an emergency meeting on energy. The world's wealthiest nations say they will release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel fuel in their reserves.

One of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1950s and '60s, the Spartacusand Lust for Lifeactor went on to run his own production company. Douglas died Feb. 5. Originally broadcast in 1988.

Writer and podcaster Kara Swisher wrote her memoir, Burn Book, about her disillusionment with many tech moguls. It recounts more than three decades covering the tech industry.

The annual Play Days showcase was far more interesting than the reveals themselves.

Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.