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Only about one in five homes sold in the last year went to a first-time buyer. And the average person buying their first home was 40 years old — a record high. A new report from the National Association of Realtors shows how challenging it's become for young people to get a foothold in today's costly housing market.

Food pantries were running low last week in a North Carolina county where about 1 in 4 residents receive SNAP assistance.

Prominent conservatives are engaged in a battle over how to respond to antisemitism in their ranks.

Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. In Argentina, the government manipulated the inflation rate. Economists went rogue to calculate the real rate, and people lost trust in the numbers.

Drug shortages have been a problem for years. We look at the economics that affect the availability of the common cheap drugs in which hospitals rely.

All 40 victims of the devastating New Year's Eve fire at a ski resort in the Crans-Montana region of Switzerland were identified over the weekend.

The humble ZIP Code shows up in all kinds of surprising places. Planet Money looks at how it was born, how it transformed the mail and talks to one researcher who argues that it's gone too far.

President Trump said that the country's decimated oil infrastructure will be rebuilt and start making money again.

Elliot Abrams was a special representative for Venezuela during President Trump's first term.

Questions are being raised over the legality of the U.S. capture of now-deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.