'Planet Money': How much national debt is too much? A 2010 economics paper suggested that there was a red line for national debt levels beyond which economic growth would suffer. That theory has since come under fire. Keith Romer
You can get your passport renewed online again. Here's how it works The rollout of online passport renewal is restricted to certain windows, beginning midday Eastern time weekly. Officials say the processing times for renewing online are the same as renewing by mail. Jonathan Franklin
European Union puts new tariffs on electric vehicles made in China EU officials criticize the Chinese government for subsidizing the vehicles, making them a threat to Europe’s automobile industry because they are lower cost.
Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes Associated Press
X now hides your 'likes' from other users, whether you like it or not The platform X is now hiding all users' likes, with few exceptions. It says the change protects users' privacy — but critics say it removes a layer of accountability in the process. Rachel Treisman
Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land Journalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says some freed men and women were given titles to land following the Civil War -- but after President Lincoln's death, the land was taken back. Tonya Mosley
Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury. Nina Totenberg
A jury says Chiquita should pay millions over paramilitary killings in Colombia The jury awarded plaintiffs $38.3 million in damages saying that Chiquita was liable for killings perpetrated by the AUC–Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia). Bill Chappell
While women outnumber men on campus, their later earnings remain stuck On college campuses, women are making inroads in male-dominated fields like engineering and business. But that is not eliminating the earnings gaps in leadership and income in the workplace. Jon Marcus
Graduates of EV charger training program struggle to find jobs A training program that promised high-paying jobs in the EV charger industry is finding lackluster demand for its graduates.
