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Markets in the U.S. are on track for a loss this week.

The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market.

Miller joined Fresh Air as an intern in 1978 and retired at the end of 2025. He led the show through many changes, like going national and editing digitally.

What does the strong jobs report mean for the rest of the economy?

Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year.

The U.S. job market perked up a bit to start the new year, but revised figures from the Labor Department show hiring was much weaker in 2025 than initially reported.

The Trump administration’s tariffs have had broad effects on the economy, and you may feel those effects when you’re shopping in the grocery store or when you buy a car.

U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.

On paper, the Fed chair is just one vote among many. In practice, the job carries far more influence. We analyze what gives the Fed chair power.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ainsley Harris, senior writer at Fast Company, about the accelerated rollout of delivery robots and how they're being received in communities across the country.