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After the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, Israel cut off most economic ties with the West Bank. Permits for Palestinians to work in Israel were frozen, and West Bank unemployment is now at 28%.

The fictional band HUNTR/X from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now they have five Grammy nominations.

Border czar Tom Homan will be heading to Minnesota, while Gregory Bovino, the bombastic and controversial Border Patrol chief leading the surge, will soon leave the state.

Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.

For most of 2025, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin surged as President Trump vowed to make the U.S. a crypto leader. But now, a severe sell-off has shaken the sector.

The Trump administration wants the authority to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor. Experts say that would undermine the independence of the central bank.

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French "cravate") back to the battlefields of 17th century Europe.

"Football" is a word used to refer to different games: American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the world, football refers to what Americans call "soccer." But where does this word really come from?

Destin Conrad went from teen social media star to a musician touring the world on some of its biggest stages. In 2025, he put out both an R&B and jazz album and earned his first Grammy nomination.

Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas.