The high prices came as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about what military action in Iran – and Tehran's response – could mean for the global economy.

Mortgage rates have fallen below 6% for the first time in years.

Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties.

In Washington state, where voters have rejected income taxes again and again, Democrats think the time is right to tax the wealthy.

A new report has prompted fears about the possible economic impact of AI, along with a debate about whether it's an accurate picture of what's to come.

High-tech chip-maker Nvidia is investing in the company OpenAI, and OpenAI is then buying chips from Nvidia.

In his State of the Union speech yesterday, President Trump said, "This is a golden age of America," and made claims about a number of economic factors impacting families, such as prices, jobs, and the cost of health care.

The Supreme Court struck down President Trump's signature tariffs. But the president has other tariff tools, and consumers shouldn't expect cheaper prices anytime soon, economists say.

The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis report explores a hypothetical future where artificial intelligence could decimate the economy, job market and the financial world as a whole.