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Job growth picked up for the 100th consecutive month even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers were furloughed during the partial government shutdown. Wage growth held steady.

Orders were signed for an additional 3,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. The Pentagon is fulfilling a Department of Homeland Security request to assist Customs and Border Protection.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former Venezuelan Ambassador Milos Alcalay about the country's political turmoil. Alcalay served in the Venezuela diplomatic corps for 35 years until 2004.

The U.S. government and Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president are calling on the military to withdraw support for Maduro's government. But fomenting a coup could bring unexpected consequences.

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., recently announced his intent to run for president, saying the 2020 election should focus on changing the economic outlook for millennials.

Apple posted its first holiday quarter decline in revenue and profit in more than a decade. It warned the slowdown in its core iPhone business and weakness in China have spilled into this year.

A crucial round of trade talks with China kicks off Wednesday. U.S. increases pressure on Venezuela's president to step down. And, what does Medicare for all mean?

Rachel Martin talks to adventurer Colin O'Brady, who last month made history by becoming the first person to cross the continent of Antarctica unaided.

As hospital chains and insurers across the U.S squeeze one another, hoping to increase their market share, many patients are suddenly finding their preferred doctors and hospitals are out of network.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Huffington Post writer Emma Gray about Monday's episode of The Bachelor, on which a contestant opened up about her sexual assault in an unusually frank and sensitive way.