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After taking a pause last month, the Fed got back to raising interest rates. Many are now saying a "soft-landing" is within our sights

A Turkish student living and studying lawfully in the U.S. was arrested by federal immigration officers. A lawyer explains to NPR some of the basic rights people have in such a situation.

Applicants have to go through "extreme vetting" including a grueling polygraph exam. In the past, Customs and Border Protection has had trouble retaining agents.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement submitted a status report in an ongoing federal civil lawsuit aimed at protecting children. The federal agency reported that about 400 children were held for longer than the recommended 20-day limit in August and September.

Here’s a rundown of immigration and other news from the Texas border and beyond.

In September, 254,000 jobs were added to the US economy and the unemployment rate ticked down very slightly to 4.1%. It's unexpectedly strong, and relieving news for workers after a pretty lackluster summer. But, given how the labor market cooled over summer, is the labor market still on thin ice? And if there were to be a plummet in jobs, could anything be done to speed up the recovery?

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Tami Overby, former president of the U.S.-Korea Business Council at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, about the ICE raid at a Georgia plant.

Two years after the storm hit Puerto Rico, the most visible remnants of it are the thousands of damaged homes still covered in blue tarps. Frustrated neighbors are helping others repair their homes.

Lawyers say the government is trying to gain a legal advantage as it tries to expel noncitizens over their pro-Palestinian activism.

The former lead New York prosecutor investigating Donald Trump is slamming the Manhattan district attorney for putting the case on ice. He says he has no doubt the former president is guilty.