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Close to 16 million American households — nearly 14 percent of households — receive food stamps. Who are they and how would a cut affect them? Robert Siegel puts those questions to Stacy Dean from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The deficit-cutting supercommittee is the target of intense lobbying efforts. An NPR analysis found that more than 600 separate corporations, trade associations and interest groups have said they intend to lobby around the work of the committee of 12.

After three years of isolation and disease testing, the bulls are headed from Montana to tribes in Kansas, Wisconsin and Alaska. Buffalo were once the center of tribal economies and spiritual life.

There has been a string of negative news about the economy this month — but nonetheless, stock and bond markets are headed for big gains in January. What gives?

An update on Red Flag Laws and their impact in light of the mass shooting in Colorado Springs.

The Labor Department's monthly jobs report wasn't as bad as expected. Employers cut a net 36,000 jobs from payrolls. The unemployment rate stayed the same at 9.7 percent. Long-term unemployment is still a problem, and many who lose their jobs don't even qualify for any unemployment benefits.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells lawmakers the surge in energy prices coupled with a crumbling housing market and tight credit are expected to constrict the U.S. economy.

Fifty years ago, Charles de Gaulle traveled to Ludwigsburg, Germany, to declare "Long live Bonn, long live Germany, long live the Franco-German friendship." NPR's Philip Reeves reports on the state of the Franco-German friendship in this time of euro debt crisis.

The nonprofit sued by Elon Musk's X says the legal tactic is an attempt to silence criticism of the company. The Center for Countering Digital Hate published reports documenting hate speech on X.

Dollar General and other retailers plan to remove self-checkout from some stores citing frustrations with the technology and thefts.