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Storms across the nation's eastern half forced airlines to cancel roughly 4,000 flights nationwide. Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, rains flooded homes in Hawaii, and California and Arizona are dealing with unusually high temperatures.

The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economic studies.

President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other development. America's timber industry may not see the boom many conservatives expect.

A wildfire in southern New Mexico threatens to wipe out a tourist town's busy season, while mudslides from a two-year-old burn scar in the north have created a drinking water crisis in another.

Levees in Tulsa, Okla., are being tested as the Arkansas River swells to a level not seen in decades. Mayor G.T. Bynum tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the city is preparing for more bad weather.

The Biden administration is touting the third anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law that pumped billions into roads, bridges, airports and more. But there's been little political benefit.

The U.S. debt has reached $37 trillion. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with billionaire and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio about the ramifications of the debt crisis.

The alleged Chinese theft of an exclusive new pineapple cultivar from Taiwan is prompting questions about how far Beijing will go to coerce Taiwan — and who really owns the food we eat.

Severe storms have caused catastrophic flooding in Vermont this week. NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Eric Seitz from Pitchfork Farm on how the flooding has impacted farmers in the area.

Scientists concede that oil and gas production is only partly to blame for the 3 percent surge in the greenhouse gas in the last decade. Obama tightened rules on the industry. Will Trump repeal them?