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As holiday shopping overlaps with historic supply chain disruptions, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lizabeth Cohen on the economy's reliance on spending and the culture of consumerism in the U.S.

The White House is holding a Summit of Democracy on Thursday and Friday to counter a rising tide of authoritarianism. Over a 100 countries will be attending.

President Biden campaigned on ending oil and gas industry subsidies. But getting rid of them requires passing legislation. A bill eliminating the overseas drilling subsidy is stalled in Congress.

For weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had promised a vote on Biden's social and climate agenda before Christmas. But all 50 senators in caucus have not been able to unify behind the plan.

Wealthy countries have historically been the largest producers of greenhouse gases. One of the biggest issues left at the COP26 summit is their role helping poorer nations cope with climate change.

With Russian troops massed on Ukraine's border and Washington warning Moscow may stage a false flag operation as a pretext to invade, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv to show solidarity.

The action includes finalizing regulations that deal with ghost guns — weapons that do not have serial numbers that can be used to track them and are sometimes sold as kits to be assembled at home.

An official says the virus is under control in some parts of the city. Meanwhile, the IMF cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the global flow of industrial goods might be disrupted.

Peru's close presidential race features a leftist who opposes eradication of Peru's coca crop, a former congresswoman who would like to codify trade with the United States and a former president. Voters head to the polls on Sunday.

German scientists say cells from the testes of male mice can behave like embryonic stem cells. If the same holds true in humans, it could perhaps provide a controversy-free source of versatile cells for use in treating disease.