Transportation Department cracks down on airline 'junk fees'
NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about airlines and consumer air travel concerns.
Business
The winner of a John Deere competition will help launch TikTok channel
The venerable agriculture equipment company has launched a campaign to find the next Chief Tractor Officer, whose main job will be to create social media content to reach younger consumers.
'The Indicator from Planet Money': How video games became more accessible
The team at The Indicator from Planet Money explores the shifting status quo on accessibility in video games.
Morning news brief
Former President Trump waits to hear if he violated a gag order. Tesla announces profits dropped by 55%. The Justice Department will pay $138.7 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case.
Players are pushing back against free video games that rely on in-game purchases
In 2012, a studio had a game with no publishers. So it tried something new. Now, many studios use the "live service model." Rather than costing money upfront, games are free with "in-game purchases."
Sleep training: Life preserver for parents or "symptom of capitalism"?
The raging debate over how to juggle kids and work.
VA fixes a home loan debacle, but many vets who were affected won't get help
The Department of Veterans Affairs has rolled out its fix for a home loan debacle, but it won't help many vets who were hurt financially.
Morning news brief
Gaza protests on college campuses stretch across the U.S. British lawmakers OK plan to outsource U.K.'s refugee system to Rwanda. Supreme Court to hear Starbucks case about fired pro-union workers.
Talks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more?
Critics say the U.S. has been unwilling to push for measures in a global agreement that would drive big cuts in plastic waste.
Tennessee Volkswagen workers defy decades of union failures by voted to join the UAW
Tennessee Volkswagen workers voted yes to join the UAW union. It was a historic moment could be the turning point for more unionization in the South.