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National Science Foundation workers are fighting orders to return to the office

5:36pm August 28, 2023

by Andrea Hsu

The union representing employees of the National Science Foundation are fighting orders reducing the number of days they can telework, warning people will quit if greater flexibility isn't preserved.

Economy

Is the Federal Reserve going to continue to hike interest rates?

7:22am August 28, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about economic growth, and what might be the Federal Reserve's next move on interest rates.

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Economy

How Americans are spending money

8:08am August 27, 2023

Back-to-school spending reached another record this year, while other spending is giving some indications of how Americans feel about the economy.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to become the latest government official to travel to China amid rising tensions between the two countries. The worsening relations are leaving American companies facing an uncertain environment.

Economy

How high tensions between China and the U.S. are impacting American companies

11:56am August 26, 2023

by David Gura

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to travel to China at a time when U.S. executives and investors are facing increasing uncertainty and risk doing business there.

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The soaring price of rice is affecting many parts of the world where it's the staple diet

8:07am August 26, 2023

by Scott Simon

A combination of climate change and shifting trade practices has sent the price of rice soaring. This is problematic in many parts of the world, where the grain is the staple of regional diets.

National

CNN plans to start a new digital service called CNN MAX

5:58pm August 25, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's parent company is launching a new streaming service in September, more than a year after the nascent CNN+ went bust.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell arrives for a meeting of financial regulators in Washington, D.C., on July 28, 2023. Powell warned on Friday the fight against inflation still "has a long way to go."

Economy

Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns the fight against inflation is far from over

4:58pm August 25, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates could stay elevated for an extended period to bring inflation to the central bank's 2% target.

Former President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2020.

Politics & Government

For Trump, X marks the spot for his social media return. Why that could really matter

11:33am August 25, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Donald Trump posted again for the first time in three years since being banned from various social media, taking to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter to post his mugshot.

A maintenance worker sweeps the street in front of a row of new homes in Fairfax, Va., on Aug. 22. Sales of new homes are taking off as current homeowners are reluctant to sell their houses, because they would face a higher mortgage for their next one.

Economy

These are 5 ways surging mortgage rates are reshaping the housing market

5:00am August 25, 2023

by Scott Horsley

The housing market is showing a split: Sales of existing homes were down last month, but sales of newly built houses were up.

England's goalkeeper Mary Earps applauds after receiving the Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper, at the end of the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.

Sports

Nike to sell replicas of England goalkeeper Mary Earps' jersey after backlash in U.K.

1:39am August 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

Nike has regularly sold goalkeeper jerseys for the men's teams it sponsors, and the absence of Earps' shirt in stores became a bigger talking point when she saved a penalty in the World Cup final.