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NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., about Bacon's trip to Mexico to foster cooperation in ongoing trade talks.

Senate Democrats threaten a partial government shutdown over DHS funding. And, the Fed defies President Trump's pressure and holds rates steady to fight inflation.

The U.S. economy gained momentum in the second quarter as consumers and businesses picked up their spending. Gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent.

Florida's unemployment is dropping slightly.The June unemployment rate was 5.5 percent, compared to 5.7 percent the month before. The state added 7,000…

About 6 million households in California face water restrictions this summer. But after years of drought conditions, some residents are adapting by planting yards that use less water.

A team of British climbers used xenon gas to decrease the 6 to 8 weeks usually needed to acclimate to the thin air on the world's highest mountain.

The current rate is 6%. It would reduce annual state tax revenue by $5 billion.

Watch the live ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT.

President Obama is making his case for the "Buffett Rule" in Florida today. He'll also beef up his campaign war chest with fundraisers at stops in Boca…

Plato once said, "The greatest wealth is to live content with little."That may be true, but when the folks at the Tampa Bay Business Journal set out to…

The cost of gas is influenced most by the global crude oil supply and demand.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the news.

Israel has not claimed responsibility, but the blast has stoked fears of a widening regional conflict.

This week's biggest stories on the Friday News Roundup.

NPR's politics team annotated Trump's speech on immigration, which comes after a week of seeming to change direction on the issue.

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank examines how the GOP got to where it is today, with some elected leaders and candidates still endorsing the lie that Trump won. His book is The Destructionists.

One hundred years ago today, a hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing at least 6,000 people on the island, and another 4 to 6,000 on the mainland.

The Jan. 6 committee releases its final report. A major storm threatens holiday travel.

Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989.

Two writers dig to the bottom of why other people's bad taste in music bothers us so much, and along the way, lay out the new rules for thinking and writing about pop.

McCallum, who died Sept. 25, played an off-beat medical examiner on NCIS, but got his start nearly 60 years earlier, playing a Russian agent on the The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Originally broadcast in '92.

Nodding syndrome is a rare neurological condition that can result in head nodding and violent seizures. Some researchers think they know the cause, but questions remain.

The state reported 6,586 people tested positive for COVID-19 since Saturday, bringing the total to 938,414 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. It's the first time in six days the number of new cases in the state was less than 7,400.

The state reported 6,331 people tested positive for COVID-19 since Sunday. It's the lowest number of cases reported in a single day in about a week.

The change begins on Friday, Feb. 6. Language translation services will also no longer be allowed.