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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point Wednesday, which was a smaller increase than the four previous hikes.

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, but Republicans are one win away from taking over power in the House.

New Hampshire law requires it to hold the country's first presidential primary, but Democrats will have their first primary in South Carolina. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July 6, 2023.)

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.

Ukraine is fighting Russia on three separate fronts: a recent incursion into Russia, an ongoing slugfest in eastern Ukraine and naval skirmishes in the Black Sea. We look at how all three are going.

In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.

Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.

Israel's military announced on Sunday that it would pause fighting throughout daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the automatic budget cuts that go into effect Friday will shave 0.6 percent from the economy's annual growth rate. That might not be a big worry if the economy were growing at 3 or 4 percent. But growth is a paltry 2 percent, so the impact may be noticeable.