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People in much of the country should enjoy lower heating bills this winter. But many families are still struggling with the cost of staying warm.

The Supreme Court is being asked to consider issues that could affect the outcome of next year's presidential election, as part of a series of cases that relate to Donald Trump.

Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

From autoworkers to actors. Nurses to newspaper reporters. More than half a million workers went on strike this year, and many emerged with big wins. Is this a union comeback?

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle about Donald Trump's court arguments that his Jan. 6-related activities fell within the scope of his presidential duties.

Most children returned to school in Newtown, Conn., on Monday as some families buried victims of the last week's shootings.

The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.

The president is preparing to back term limits and an enforceable ethics code for U.S. Supreme Court justices. But these changes would require Congressional backing, and that won't be easy to get.

The Supreme Court has a large number of major cases left to decide, and only days left to do it.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the automatic budget cuts that go into effect Friday will shave 0.6 percent from the economy's annual growth rate. That might not be a big worry if the economy were growing at 3 or 4 percent. But growth is a paltry 2 percent, so the impact may be noticeable.