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The question of whether the new hourly minimum will help or hurt the economy triggered quite a debate on our Web site and our blog over the past week. So, NPR senior business editor Marilyn Geewax returns to discuss what you had to say with host Liane Hansen.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She is the court's third woman and first Hispanic. Sotomayor won support from all Democrats who voted, plus some Republicans.

President Obama has been using campaign-style events to push for a major overhaul to the nation's health care system. The president held three town hall meetings on health care last week. Obama's focus has been fighting the information war against opponents of the Democrats' health plan.

Senator Ted Kennedy has died. He was 77, and had been battling brain cancer. For nearly a half-century, Kennedy was a steadfast champion of the working class and the poor, a powerful voice on health care, civil rights, and war and peace.

The only man ever convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is being released from prison. The Scottish government says terminally-ill Abdel Baset al-Megrahi will be allowed to return to his home country of Libya on compassionate grounds. All 259 people aboard the flight were killed as well as 11 on the ground

Thousands of people turned out Friday night to watch the Aplington-Parkersburg High School football team play — and win — its first game since 1975 without legendary head coach Ed Thomas. A former player has been charged with shooting Thomas to death in June.

The so-called fake electors signed documents falsely attesting that Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election.

President Obama is expected to outline his strategy in Afghanistan in a televised appearance next Tuesday. The announcement is expected to be followed soon by testimony on Capitol Hill by senior Obama administration officials.

Democratic lawmakers awaiting President Obama's Afghanistan speech Tuesday have quite a dilemma: They want to support the president, but many don't much want to support a troop increase or continued funding for what they consider a no-win quagmire. Will the president's pursuit of the Taliban chase away fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill?

The climate talks opened Monday in Copenhagen, with more than 190 nations represented. The U.S. and China have pledged some actions already, but negotiators so far haven't even agreed about what the overall deal will look like.