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The government is shut down, the markets have tanked, the secretary of defense has quit — and Christmas is around the corner. NPR reporter Mara Liasson sorts through the developments.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Wessel, Director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, about the recent market activity and what to expect heading into the new week.

The Federal Reserve ignored pressure from President Trump and announced Wednesday that it will raise its key interest rate a quarter of a point.

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau's “Sunset Baby” opens Dobama Theatre’s 2018-2019 season tonight. The show is the first of a series of six plays, all by female playwrights. When artistic director Nathan Motta began to choose the shows for the season, he didn’t go in with the intention of selecting works by only women writers.

Well-made videos can go viral and boost a candidate's popularity, and now they can bring in the cash for a viable campaign.

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey are on the ground in Florida looking for the high water marks of Hurricane Michael. FEMA uses these maps to determine who is eligible for what kind of aid.

In 2018, the federal government banned bump stocks for that reason, but gun enthusiasts have challenged the regulation in court, contending that only Congress has the power to enact such a ban.

Leaders in Congress and elsewhere in D.C., including top DOJ officials, want to start taking concrete steps to defend the 2018 elections from another foreign attack. But it's a big, broad challenge.

Congress is giving states $380 million to bolster the security of the 2018 elections. But getting that money out to local election officials has been a slow and laborious process.

Peer-to-peer texting, also called P2P, is becoming a key component of most campaign toolboxes, and is slowly eclipsing other social media methods as a means to use technology to promote campaigns.