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President Trump accused Democrats of inventing the hurricane death toll in Puerto Rico. The false claim drew recriminations and distracted from the federal government's preps for Hurricane Florence.

The Senate will likely reject President Trump's emergency declaration Thursday. We explain the vote and the Republicans who are expected to break with the president.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with John Voelcker, a freelancer covering the auto industry, about electric car sales in the U.S. and how U.S. automakers are responding to global demand.

The Christmas shopping season is when millions of Americans are hoping to find bargains, but at least one holiday staple has gotten more expensive. According to the payment services company Square, the average price for a real Christmas tree in Ohio is just over $61 or about 5 percent higher than in 2016. So why are these evergreens more expensive? For one thing, the overall supply of Christmas trees is down.

Tuesday marks the 17th anniversary of the al-Qaida attacks in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people. There's still no trial date for five men accused of planning that attack, and a new judge took over the case Monday in the military court at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The exact number of those who died in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria remains unknown two years after the storm made landfall.

Military veteran Grover Nicodemus Street has been a nurse for 20-plus years. Chasing coronavirus hot spots around the country, he's seen 3,000 people die, including the first patient in his care.

Chicago Tribune reporter James Janega discusses the latest in the U.S. offensive against insurgents along the Syrian border in Iraq's northwest. It's an effort to block the suspected infiltration of foreign fighters. The U.S. military reports 100 insurgents have been killed. Janega is embedded with the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Marine Regiment in Iraq.

If your idea of an unusual culinary combination is ketchup on scrambled eggs, maybe you'd like to try something a little more exotic. Some chefs at popular restaurants slip secret ingredients into their dishes all the time. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports on some examples for Morning Edition.

U.S. employers added 372,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%. Despite slightly slower job growth, the labor market remains an economic bright spot.