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President Trump lashed out at Powell for not acting sooner to lower interest rates. The president's own tariffs make that more difficult, by putting upward pressure on prices.

Trump's administration is exploring ways to detain U.S. citizens involved in criminal activity and send them to Salvadoran prisons. And, Trump's tariffs lead Americans to splurge before they hit.

A study in JAMA says young women, age 18 to 25, are binge drinking slightly more than men the same age. The good news: Drinking is down for both young men and women compared to earlier generations.

Don't be fooled by Brett Goldstein's grumpy exterior – he can't resist a big, open-hearted story. He's learned that it's possible to love even the most annoying person if you look at them hard enough.

American winemakers tell us why tariffs hurt their industry.

Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, Sinners. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, The Wedding Banquet.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Elliot Williams, former DOJ assistant attorney general, about the strategies and tactics used by Trump administration attorneys in their response to recent court orders.

A federal judge has ruled that there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in contempt for violating his order last month to immediately pause deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.

Two new studies suggest that Parkinson's disease can potentially be treated with stem cells placed in a patient's brain.

The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.

Judge rules there is "probable cause" to hold U.S. in contempt over deportations, Trump administration explores detaining citizens who commit crimes in overseas prisons, stock markets tumble.

The trade war the U.S. is waging with countries around the world could reshape the global economy. NPR's Planet Money brings a dispatch from Canada.