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House Republicans tapped Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their nominee for speaker. A vote on Wednesday will determine if the fourth time to elect a nominee as speaker will be the charm.

Earnest Jackson, the sole star of Planet Money's record label, died recently at 75. We look back at his life and the long lost song he recorded in the 1970s about inflation.

Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the amount.

NPR's Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro speak with lawyer Harry Litman about the latest in the Trump legal world.

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

One month after a devastating earthquake rocked Myanmar, officials report about 3,800 deaths but many people say they are still waiting for news of their missing loved ones.

San Francisco's new mayor, Daniel Lurie, has never held public office before. What does his win indicate about how voters are feeling about homelessness and other big issues the city is facing?

NPR's Juana Summers talks with journalist Mark Dent, who wrote a story called "Is Domino's Pizza Inflation Proof?"

NPR looks at grocery inflation and politics in Pittsburgh, a focus of both major presidential campaigns in their quest to woo voters in must-win Pennsylvania.

Scientists have placed two seismometers 8000 feet below the ice cap at the South Pole to measure earthquakes and support tsunami alerts.