President Trump, Congress Reach 2-Year Budget Deal NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Susan Davis and Jason Furman, who was the Council of Economic Advisers chairman in the Obama administration, about the plan and whether it's fiscally responsible.
Equifax To Pay Up To $700 Million In Data Breach Settlement The credit reporting agency will pay up to $700 million in fines and monetary relief to consumers over a massive 2017 data breach that affected more than 148 million people. Chris Arnold
ProPublica Report: Black Americans Lose Big Under Longtime Property Provision NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks to ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser about heirs property, a form of land ownership that has cost black Americans billions of dollars in land loss.
Why Taquerias Are Making Guacamole Without Avocados NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Javier Cabral of L.A. Taco about taquerias using avocado-less guacamole.
KLM Airlines Was Asked: Which Seats Are The Safest In A Crash? KLM responded that seats in the middle are better. The seats at the ends are worse. Some people were baffled that the airline would bring up plane crashes at all.
Toys R Us Is Coming Back But With A Different Approach More than a year after filing for bankruptcy, the chain is relaunching in Texas and New Jersey. Its new stores will feature spaces for toy demonstrations and events. Dani Matias
Boeing takes $4.9B hit over 737 MAX fiasco Boeing says it is making concessions to customers that will cost it a total of $5.6 billion in its second financial quarter – the first full quarter since the worldwide grounding of the 737 MAX. Carolyn Adolph
'No Meaningful Oversight': ICE Contractor Overlooked Problems At Detention Centers Public scrutiny of the health and safety conditions at immigration detention centers is growing. But the contractor ICE hired to inspect those conditions is accused of ignoring problems for years. Yuki Noguchi
How social media ate news media’s lunch, and what to do about it It’s a brave new world for news media. The advertising revenue that kept newspapers afloat has dwindled. Reporters are being laid off. John O'Brien
Majority of U.S. households are Amazon Prime members Amazon’s Prime Day began in 2015 as a sale day for Prime members, who were then a fraction of American consumers. Now the majority of households in the US are Prime members, says Andrew Lipsman, an analyst at New York-based eMarketer. Carolyn Adolph