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Energy giant TXU agrees to be acquired by a group of private-equity firms in a deal worth $32 billion. If approved, it would be the largest leveraged buyout in U.S. history. The bidders are making concessions to environmentalists to help push the deal through.

Twitter kicked President Trump off its site following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The CEO said major corporations have too much power and pose a risk to a "free" Internet.

Investigative journalist Brian Krebs, author of the blog "Krebs on Security," reviews the changes ahead for credit cards and how chip technology is supposed to keep consumers safer.

An expert told the Senate Intelligence Committee that there is dramatically more fake information than genuine conversation from automated accounts on the extreme ends of the political spectrum.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York Times technology reporter Taylor Lorenz about Michael Bloomberg presidential team's use of memes, and Internet culture as part of its campaign strategy.

Many of Iran's top oil importers are in Asia. South Korea is among them, but U.S. pressure to decrease oil purchases puts Seoul in a tricky position ahead of President Trump's North Korea summit.

Following the passage of the first gun control measures in decades, NPR's Michel Martin asks Columbia Law professor Jeffrey Fagan about how the impact of firearms laws can be measured.

Amnesty International alleges that during last year's successful campaign to dislodge ISIS from the Syrian city, the coalition's airstrikes were "either disproportionate or indiscriminate or both."

According to an arrest affidavit, Artiles, a Republican, orchestrated what was called a “ghost campaign” to oust a former Democratic senator.

Bud Light, under fire from conservatives on social media for a promotion with a trans influencer, has seen its sales slip. But studies of other boycotts showed that negative impacts didn't last long.