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Najaf in southern Iraq is beginning to feel the pain of neighboring Iran's economic woes. Business around Shiite sites, which usually draw scores of Iranians for the holy days of Ashura, is way down.

On Morning Edition, Neda Ulaby looks at television's most powerful comedy hitmaker.

Ben Fritz, a business reporter for the Los Angeles Times, talks to David Greene about what was gearing up to be the biggest lawsuit in the history of the video game industry. The creators of the Call of Duty franchise and the games' publisher were suing each other in suits totaling more than $2 billion. The trial was to start Friday in Los Angeles, but the parties settled at the last minute.

Travel website Orbitz has found that people who use Apple's Mac computers spend more money on hotels per night than their PC counterparts and are now showing Mac users different options. All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks to Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal about how Apple may become its own demographic for retailers.

Participation is down at some of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events which raise money for breast cancer research and treatment. The foundation may be suffering from the fallout of its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood programs. The decision was quickly reversed.

David Greene talks to Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi about Kirstjen Nielsen resigning as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in.

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is to testify Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee. He is the first major witness from the Mueller investigation to appear before the panel.

A former judge for the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court raised questions about the court's approval of government data collection programs on Tuesday. He was testifying before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent agency considering recently uncovered surveillance efforts.

The Labor Department reports Wednesday on consumer prices for October. Inflation has been running hotter than many Americans are used to, and it's taking a political toll on President Biden.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Politico's Suzanne Lynch about the Polish government deploying troops to secure its eastern border with Belarus — as thousands of migrants try to enter the EU country.