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A bankruptcy judge has approved pay benefits cuts for workers at the ailing Trump Taj Mahal casino. But in the city's grim job market, better-paying opportunities elsewhere are few and far between.

Despite low unemployment and falling inflation, there are signs that many Americans are still struggling financially. We examine some of those signs.

Music producer Jack Antonoff, famous for his work with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, and Lorde, draws a card from the Wild Card deck.

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.

More than 200,000 marijuana-scented cards are being sent out to help educate the public on the smell of cannabis.

The former head of the European Central Bank agreed to form a government at the president's request after Giuseppe Conte resigned as prime minister, amid disputes over the handling of the pandemic.

Holiday shopping means lots of trinkets for loved one, but it can also mean lots of debt. To learn whether Americans should save more and spend less, host Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax and Princeton Professor Sheldon Garon. Garon's new book is Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves.

NPR's Scott Simon offers his thoughts on why the value of baseball cards shouldn't be measured in dollars.

Facing a budget crunch, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is planning to raise the cost of applications. Attorneys say it could make green cards harder to obtain for working class immigrants.