This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, about the U.S. role in securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after months of fighting.

NPR's Rob Schmitz asks North Carolina State University's Rob Handfield how President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China could affect consumer costs in the U.S.