A Kashmiri man scrolls through a social media post featuring Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his phone in Srinagar on June 28, 2025. Numan Bhat/Getty Images hide caption
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On Monday, the U.S. Customs portal began accepting refund requests from businesses that paid President Trump's tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Various species of sharks — some of which are endangered, while others are listed as vulnerable — are hauled on shore at dawn at the Tanjung Luar port on June 9, 2025, in East Lombok, Indonesia. Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, from where shark fins are exported to other Asian markets — primarily Hong Kong and China — and their bones are used in cosmetic products also sold to China. Nicole Tung/Fondation Carmignac hide caption
An electric vehicle is seen at NIO battery swap station on March 9, 2025 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. Tang Ke/VCG via Getty Images/Visual China Group hide caption
Columbus, Ohio is one of the cities where Nexstar owns and operates two major television stations following its acquisition of rival TV group Tegna. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group Editorial hide caption
In this photo illustration, Predictions market sites are shown on electronic devices on February 25, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Online prediction market platforms, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, allow people to place bets on wide-ranging subjects such as sports, finance, politics and currents events. Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Gasoline prices are displayed outside of a Shell gas station in West Hollywood, California on April 14. Prices vary around the country, and are highest on the west coast; the nationwide average has risen by more than $1 per gallon since the start of the Iran War, but is expected to drop if a decrease in crude oil prices is sustained. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A company that once sold shoes will now pivot to AI services. You might have heard of them. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images hide caption
NPR has received $113 million in gifts to help it invest in technology and strengthen its ties with public radio stations nationwide. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Some of the bets executed by an anonymous trader who made more than $300,000 wagering on the likelihood of former President Biden's pardons. hide caption
A Polymarket trader made $300,000 betting on Biden’s pardons, a new analysis shows
A worker fuels a Delta Airlines plane at Salt Lake City International Airport on April 09, 2026. As fuel prices continue to rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes due to surging jet fuel prices. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption
Jet fuel supplies are sharply affected by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz
Kuwaiti traders follow the stock market activity at Boursa Kuwait, in Kuwait City on April 7, 2025. Yasser Al-Zayyat/Getty Images hide caption
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose died Wednesday at the age of 85. During his tenure, NPR received a multimillion-dollar gift from the late Joan Kroc that enabled the network to weather financial crises. Jacques Coughlin/Jacques Coughlin/NPR hide caption
President Trump accompanied Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on a tour of the Fed's headquarters renovation last summer. The Justice Department is investigating cost overruns on the project. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Once again, Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
The average tax refund is higher this year, but falls short of promises. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Tax season was supposed to bring big refunds. So far they’re less than expected
A fuel price reading shows on a pump at a fuel station in Plumtree town in Zimbabwe on March 18, 2026. Zinyange Auntony/Getty Images hide caption
An aerial view of the Paramount logo on the water tower at Paramount Studios on February 23, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Why Hollywood heavyweights oppose the Paramount and Warner Brothers deal
Cyclists ride past tractors blocking O'Connell Street on the fifth day of the National Fuel Protest, in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday. Peter Morrison/AP hide caption
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr (right), shown in a photo with Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Omeed Assefi. Carr posted the photo just three days after both government agencies green-lit local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna. The move, supported by President Trump, faces headwinds in an antitrust lawsuit in federal court in California. Brendan Carr/Brendan Carr's X account hide caption
Contestants on Survivor sit around a campfire. Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images hide caption
Investor Bill Gurley's new book is "Runnin' Down a Dream" is about pursuing your career passions. Darian Woods/NPR hide caption
Does your brain feel fried by AI? Illustration by NPR/ Source: EgudinKa/Shinpanu Thamvisead/Getty Images hide caption