What's the future of household solar power without federal tax incentives?

For Marketplace, I'm Nova Saffo, in for David Brancaccio.

First, the Trump administration is pledging $2 billion in humanitarian aid for the United Nations,

but the money comes with a warning that the U.N. needs reform.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzor reports. The official State Department announcement of the U.N. needs reform. Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genzor reports.

The official State Department announcement of the U.N. donation says it reaffirms the United

States ironclad commitment to supporting critical, life-saving humanitarian action around the world.

But the last paragraph warns the U.N. it has to reduce bureaucratic overhead, and quote,

individual U.N. agencies will need to adapt, shrink, or die. The Trump administration is skeptical of

foreign aid. It shut down the U.S. agency for an international development earlier this year.

The U.S. was the U.N.'s biggest donor in 2025. The Trump

administration's $2 billion pledge will probably keep the U.S. in that position, although it's

smaller than last year's donation. The money will go into a U.N. umbrella fund and will be doled

out to 17 priority countries, including Sudan, Ukraine, Guatemala, Honduras, and

El Salvador. I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace.

2025 was a good year for initial public offerings. That's when companies go public on stock

exchanges. Bloomberg says IPOs raised a total of $46 billion the most since 2021.

Marketplaces Henry Ep has more.

Companies thinking about going public pay close attention to how the stock market is doing.

They want to enter it when investors are feeling bullish.

Jay Ritter is director of the IPO initiative at the University of Florida.

When the market goes down the University of Florida.

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