National & International Business News

A halt in SNAP payments has millions worried about their next meal, raising new questions about how a program born in the Great Depression still defines America's fight against hunger.

Food assistance program SNAP looks set to pause from Friday.

Automakers have been paying billions of dollars in tariffs on imported cars, parts and materials. But on earnings calls this month, some carmakers reported that they're performing well anyway.

President Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.

Each year, about 1,400 Spirit Halloween shops pop up across the U.S. Two student journalists, Isabel Jacobson and Adam Sanders, visited their local shop to meet the spirited employees who work there.

Planet Money thought it was the perfect team to get into the board game business, since many games are all about economics. But making a game that's fun and teaches people about economics turns out to be hard.

NPR alleges that CPB unlawfully yanked away a planned three-year contract worth $36 million in the face of intense pressure from the White House to sever ties with the radio network.

The Federal Reserve has lowered the interest rate for the second consecutive time this year.

Agreements that came from the meeting include lower tariffs for China and an end to "rare earth roadblock.

President Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping "agreed to almost everything" in their nearly two-hour meeting in South Korea, which Trump said was "friendly."