Business

Economists warn if debt standoff isn't solved, it would kick-start a recession

7:28am May 22, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, about how investors should be thinking about the debt ceiling standoff.

A U.S. debt default would lead to a slump in stock and bond markets, while eroding the U.S.' financial standing in the world, analysts say.

Politics & Government

Here's what could happen in markets if the U.S. defaults. Hint: It won't be pretty

10:44am May 21, 2023

by David Gura

Investors are still hopeful that lawmakers will clinch a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. That's because failure to do so could have devastating consequences in markets.

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National

Pilot unions are negotiating contracts with airlines

7:55am May 21, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jim Higgins, professor of aviation at the University of North Dakota, about contract negotiations between airlines and pilots' unions.

A commercial for the Temu app run by production services company The Lift in Mexico City. This ad aired during the 2023 Super Bowl.

The next show you watch could be filmed in Mexico City

7:55am May 21, 2023

by James Fredrick

American and European companies are increasingly having their commercials, shows and films shot in Mexico, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews.

Deemmeris Debra'e Burns shows the spot on a rural road in Satartia, Miss., where he lost consciousness when a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured, an experience he thinks is a warning for America.

The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story

6:01am May 21, 2023

by Julia Simon

Companies are building carbon dioxide pipelines as a possible climate solution. But after a pipeline rupture sent dozens to the hospital in a Mississippi town, there are questions about their safety.

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A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government.

Politics & Government

Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America

6:00am May 21, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Investigators found Trump's appointee at the U.S. Agency for Global Media repeatedly abused his power. "It just takes one's breath away," says David Seide, a lawyer who represented whistleblowers.

How not lifting the debt ceiling could affect people, from veterans to homebuyers

10:25pm May 19, 2023

by Scott Horsley

Unless Congress and the White House reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling, real people could suffer, from service members to Social Security recipients to would-be homebuyers.

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LA's housing crisis raises concerns that the Fashion District will get squeezed

7:29pm May 19, 2023

by David Wagner

Los Angeles is planning to add 100,000 new apartments downtown. Garment workers and others now fear L.A.'s Fashion District and its factories won't survive the city's downtown housing boom.

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Politics & Government

Fallout from the Trump town hall exposes internal strife at CNN

6:31pm May 19, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's town hall last week with former President Donald Trump has crystalized dissent inside the network over the new boss' efforts to shear it of anti-Trump sentiment.

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Schools in Kentucky are considering pricy AI technology to detect guns

6:31pm May 19, 2023

by Jess Clark

High-end weapons detection systems that use AI technology are gaining popularity with school boards wanting to protect their students, but they come at a high cost and a lack of transparency.

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