NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with economist Judith Scott-Clayton about the cost of college in the U.S. They discuss the difference between sticker and net price and the opaqueness of tuition costs.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe checks in Josh Gackle, former chairman of the American Soybean Association, on the state of the farming industry during the war with Iran.

Investors thought they had President Trump figured out as someone who would always back down from his most extreme policies. The war with Iran is challenging that.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University and Cato Institute chair in constitutional studies, about the latest case challenging President Trump's global tariffs.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.9% from February.

Consumer prices in March were up 3.3% from a year ago, the biggest annual increase in nearly two years. Higher gasoline prices tied to the war with Iran accounted for much of the surge.

The federal government delivered a cost-of-living report Friday. A spike in gasoline prices triggered by the war with Iran contributed to inflation reaching its highest level in nearly two years.

Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred.

It's not just energy supplies that have been disrupted by the Iran war. It's also hitting frankincense, a commodity that's been defining trade routes in the Middle East for thousands of years.

The priciest concessions at the Masters, beer and wine, cost just $6 each. The Georgia golf tournament prides itself on a simple and affordable menu, even as ticket prices continue to climb.