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NPR's Gerry Hadden reports Mexico's new president has won his first big battle, winning approval of his budget for 2001 from a divided congress. Dealing with the Mexican congress was expected to be one of the biggest challenges for Vicente Fox. Although analysts call the budget approval a political victory, it was not without cost. Fox was forced to give up spending money on big infrastructure projects, which he believes is the most effective way to lift people out of poverty. Instead, the money went to housing and social programs that more immediately help the poor. Fox's overall economic plan is in some jeopardy because oil prices have dropped below the lower limit his budget had anticipated. Oil revenues account for about a third of Mexico's budget.

The Moskva has been heavily damaged and its crew evacuated. The ship is the same one whose crew ordered Ukrainian troops on Snake Island to surrender — a demand that was met with profanity.

Fans of the EDM artists have to ask themselves some tough questions in the wake of recent allegations.

68.4 million of us lost money to phone scams in 2022.

Under the new guidance to ICE and other agencies, simply being present in the U.S. without legal authorization "should not alone be the basis" for immigration authorities to arrest or deport someone.

A study from China offers clues as to why the delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly around the world. The highly contagious strain accounts for more than 80% of U.S. COVID-19 cases.

Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast, allowing spoilers to slip through and upsetting those who want to watch the games later in prime time. Here are some ways you can try to block the news.

President Biden has been talking with European leaders. He called Russia's attack against Ukraine a "needless act of aggression against Ukraine and global peace and security."

Federal investigators say massive accounting fraud was carried out for nearly 20 years at hospital chain HealthSouth. But former CEO Richard Scrushy denies allegations he was at the center of the stock profit scheme. NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports.

Last year's earthquake in Pakistan may have led investigators to leaders of the London bomb plot. A charity in Pakistan that provided millions to victims of the quake also appears to have transferred more than $150,000 to the London plotters. Authorities followed the money trail.

Federal officials failed to act quickly or decisively enough in response to Hurricane Katrina, congressional investigators say. The failure to designate a single official to lead the overall federal response made matters worse, according to the Government Accountability Office.

Some of the most prominent users of the social media platforms called for a boycott to protest Facebook's failure to control disinformation and hate speech as part of the campaign #StopHateForProfit.