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The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

Inflation fell in June, as a drop in gasoline prices more than offset the modest monthly rise in rent. This could help clear the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September.

NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with President Biden’s top economic adviser, Jared Bernstein, about the state of inflation in the United States according to Thursday's Consumer Price Index report.

The City of Philadelphia ordered all city workers to return to the office five days a week starting July 15. A judge has heard arguments as part of a union request to delay implementation.

There are currently just under 65,000 migrants in New York City's shelter system, stretching the city's outworn social service systems. Today on the show, we follow one asylum seeker's journey from Venezuela to New York and explore why the process is lengthy and complicated.

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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with labor reporter Josh Eidelson about a report he co-authored in Bloomberg Businessweek about the allegations of sexual harassment at SpaceX and the subsequent lawsuits.

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