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The U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient, despite a sharp rise in interest rates. Mortgage rates are at their highest level in more than two decades.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele talk baseball playoffs and Las Vegas, America's hottest sports city.

A new vacancy in the House after lawmakers vote to expel GOP member George Santos; negotiations over military aid to Israel and Ukraine; remembering Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O'Connor.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, who says what former President Richard Nixon did is child's play compared to what former President Donald Trump did.

The Labor Department releases its monthly report card on the job market Friday morning. While rising interest rates have been a drag on some parts of the economy, overall hiring remains strong.

The Senate passed a major immigration enforcement funding bill. Now, the measure goes to the House. Lawmakers must also decide the future of a surveillance program set to expire next week.

J.C. Trujillo, 75, got rodeo fever at age six when he won $10 in a calf riding competition. He went on to become a world champion and is being inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

A new documentary celebrates how millions of children learned the power of drawing from PBS television art educator Mark Kistler.

Oil prices had already fallen quite dramatically on Thursday and Friday in anticipation of a deal. Trump has posted online that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen after the deal is signed this Friday.

This week the U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term with big cases on guns, abortion and government regulation.