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Also this week: an interview with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet and formerly the chairman and CEO of Google.

Income-driven repayment plans were intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually cancel their debt. New documents paint a breathtaking picture of the program's failure.

Money market accounts are so dull that many people use them like checking accounts. But they're riskier than checking accounts, and federal regulators are proposing new rules to deal with those risks.

A parody Twitter account all about Bernie Sanders blurs the line between mockery and admiration. The account's creator says that's just fine.

States are getting more aggressive claiming abandoned property to use for state purposes, a process known as escheat. But sometimes the holdings don't feel so abandoned to the people who own them.

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 — the third longest run of all time.

Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.

The second apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump is raising more questions about the Secret Service. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

Is stress turning your hair gray? Your ancestors may have something to do with it, too. Scientists say they've found the first genetic variant associated with going gray.

As thousands of migrants move toward the U.S., these are the programs President Trump is threatening to cut in retaliation.