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Inflation, rising food prices and the high cost of living have been top of mind for consumers all year. But then Olive Garden offers an unlimited pasta meal, or a chain steakhouse restaurant sells a steak dinner with two sides for less than 30 bucks. So, how are chains able to keep prices as low as they do in this economy?

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called top military officials from around the world to a meeting in Virginia next week. The reason for this unusual gathering isn't known.

A firebrand fundamentalist is stabbed to death at church in Rian Johnson's new film, Wake Up Dead Man. This over-the-top whodunit uses mystery conventions to open up a spiritual inquiry.

D'Angelo. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. We lost these greats and so many more in 2025 — singers, producers, conductors and writers whose departures gave us a pang of loss, but whose art still lifts us up.

The Supreme Court hears two cases this week on state bans for trans athletes playing on women's and girls' sports teams. Kate Sosin, who covers LGBTQ issues for the non-profit newsroom The 19th, has been following these cases closely.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with pollster Margie Omero {oh-MARE-oh} about President Trump's record on the economy.

Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the industry's bonanza.

In Florida, members of the Venezuelan community celebrate -- and question -- the U.S. detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

For most of 2025, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin surged as President Trump vowed to make the U.S. a crypto leader. But now, a severe sell-off has shaken the sector.

The huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years has posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous detention site where ISIS ideology lives on.