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The Labor Department reported Friday that the nation's unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November as employers added 146,000 jobs. In October, the jobless rate was 7.9 percent. Analysts had predicted weaker numbers for November, partly because of the storm's aftermath.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Cardiff Garcia, co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money, about Friday's jobs report. In it, the Labor Department cited a 4.1 percent unemployment rate.

A new National Academy of Sciences report finds that transportation accidents involving nuclear waste pose minimal risks. The academy recommends further study of scenarios involving long-duration fires or terrorist attack, and it points out another issue the government needs to address: public fear.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., about the release of the Mueller report.

The U.S. job market held steady last month — but there are warning signs of possible weakness ahead.

Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The Kansas City Fed's has fallout from Trump administration cuts.

The Justice Department is trying to compel New York Times journalist James Risen to testify in the case of a former CIA official who may or may not have leaked classified information to him. The case calls into question the limits of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press.

As expected, Apple on Tuesday announced its first quarterly decline in revenue in 13 years, driven by falling iPhone sales. The company's quarterly profit dropped 22.5 percent.

The White House says President Bush will take the Iraq Study Group's report "very seriously" -- but reiterates that it is not bound by the panel's conclusions. Robert Siegel talks with White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. Despite the report's strong negative language describing the current situation in Iraq, Snow says it is not a rejection of the administration's policies.

When the City Reporter was full of cheer, readership on its website suffered. So they're back to reporting regular news.