More than 70 percent of Americans are expected to shop over this holiday weekend to take advantage of the sales. Consumer confidence is at its highest since the early 2000s.
Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she follows the path of the retail and tech industries, tracking how America's biggest companies are influencing the way we spend our time, money, and energy.
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill to compel the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance about whether the Justice Department's probe into Democrats' ties to Jeffrey Epstein will affect the potential release of the files.