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Drilling rigs sit unused on a lot in Odessa, Texas, in the Permian Basin, in March 2022. U.S. oil companies are thriving as they look to avoid the boom-and-bust cycles of the past. That has big implications, including for consumers and global producers.

America is going through an oil boom — and this time it's different

Business is pretty good in America's busiest oil patch. Prices are high enough to turn a profit and then some. But instead of going wild, producers have been aiming for something new: Discipline.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Carlson talked about a large variety of topics including dropping testosterone levels, increasing rates of suicide, unemployment, drug addiction and social hierarchy at the summit, which had the theme 'The Case for the American Experiment.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

You Literally Can't Believe The Facts Tucker Carlson Tells You. So Say Fox's Lawyers

Fox News viewers don't expect facts from Tucker Carlson, according to network lawyers who defended their star in a slander lawsuit filed by a woman who said she had an affair with President Trump.

Kathleen Kraninger is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was thwarted by the U.S. Department of Education from examining problems with a troubled student loan forgiveness program.

Exclusive: Turf War Blocked CFPB From Helping Fix Student Loan Forgiveness Program

The Trump administration blocked the nation's top consumer protection agency from digging into problems with a program designed to help police, firefighters and other public service workers.

Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes

In the West, ski resorts are banking on a Spring Break surge after a rough winter of prolonged drought, labor and housing shortages and frustrated customers.

The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise

By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children's schools teach about race, gender and history. That's according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Lael Brainard says a growing body of research suggests that diversity leads to better decision-making.

The Push To Break Up The Boys' Club At The Fed

At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women. Now there's an effort to increase women economists at the Fed.

The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise

By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children's schools teach about race, gender and history. That's according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.

Kitty Genovese was a bartender and manager at Ev's 11th Hour in Queens.

What Really Happened The Night Kitty Genovese Was Murdered?

Thirty-eight people witnessed Genovese's murder in Queens, N.Y., and didn't do a thing about it, according to news reports from 1964. Fifty years later, a new book tells a different story.

Too Many Cooks, Not Enough Fish. What's The Solution?

If we don't notice that animals are in deep decline, do we keep eating and eating until what is disappearing is gone permanently? Or do we unconsciously adjust?

House GOP leaders delay budget vote because of conservative opposition

House GOP leaders delayed a critical vote after being unable to sway a sufficient number of holdouts within the party. The vote on a Senate amendment related to a budget plan would have brought the party one step closer to implementing much of President Trump's legislative agenda.

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