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NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News — in 10 minutes. Available weekdays at 6:30 a.m. ET, with hosts Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin and A Martinez. Also available on Saturdays at 9 a.m. ET, w...
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Retail Sales Drop, U.S. Warships in Distress, Accurately Polling the Electorate
Paychecks aren't keeping pace with rising prices, and households are feeling the squeeze. Sailors on the ships deployed to the Middle East are straini...
Poor Conditions on USS Lincoln, Economic Warfare on Iran, Ukraine's Drone Campaign
Lawmakers want the Pentagon to investigate reports of food shortages, poor sanitation and lack of mental health care for sailors aboard the USS Abraha...
Democrat Ro Khanna’s 2028 pitch: tax the rich, regulate tech | NPR's Newsmakers
Congressman Ro Khanna says America needs an “economic realignment.”
Fresh off a tour through his birthplace of Pennsylvania, Rep. Ro Khan...
Democratic Party Divide, Lettuce is Saving You Green, Colombia Rescue Efforts
Recent primary results were supposed to offer clues on voters’ appetite for progressive candidates. But the results — so far — paint a muddled picture...
Primary Race Results, Trump's Plane Swap Ruse, Disarming Iraq's Iran-Backed Militias
Results are in from primary races in six states. How did progressive candidates fare against more moderate Democrats in this run-up to the midterm ele...
Progressives in Midwest Primaries, Trump and Iran Stalemate, Columbia Earthquake
A self-described democratic socialist is shaking up the race for Wisconsin governor and a progressive is up against a moderate in Minnesota. How much...
Iran Negotiations Drag, New Inflation Report, Sexual Abuse at Elite School
Negotiations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz are dragging. Is Iran stalling to sabotage the midterm elections for President Trump and his party? A...
The black lung crisis deepens in Appalachia
Rates of black lung disease amongst Appalachia’s coal miners are at the highest they’ve been in 50 years. Recent data shows that a third of veteran mi...
A New Attorney General, Profiting Off Immigration Detention, Hollywood Merger
Todd Blanche squeaks past a confirmation vote from the Senate. Private prison companies are making record profits from ICE detentions. Regal Cinemas a...
Trump Limits Birthright Citizenship, Hormuz Deal, Iran War Fallout
The Supreme Court struck down the last attempt by the president to limit birthright citizenship. Now President Trump is trying again. This time with t...
Hormuz Negotiations, Michigan Senate Race, Trump Talks Economy
President Trump has claimed several times that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is close. Now Iran is saying it too, but in a deal that is being...
Primary Election Results, US Missile Stockpiles Running Low, New Flu Vaccine
Votes in Michigan’s highly anticipated Democratic Senate primary are still being counted. But what do the results in Tuesday's other races tell us abo...
Blanche and the DOJ, Michigan Primaries, Spokane Wildfires
The Senate Judiciary Committee votes today on Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general. What concerns lawmakers about the record of the presiden...
Blanche Rescinds 'Anti-Weaponization Fund', Iran Strikes Off, Midwest Primaries
Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is rescinding an order to create a $1.8 billion fund for Trump’s political allies. Is th...
Trump attacks DSA candidates as 'communists.' Will it stick?
President Trump has repeatedly warned that the communists are coming for America. And he’s not talking about China or North Korea. He’s talking about...
Truth Social Paid Access, Colorado River Cuts, FIFA's Faceplant
The president’s media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Arizona, California, and Nevada...
Trump Says Hamas Will Disarm, Blanche Faces GOP Pushback, Economic Outlook
President Trump claims to have reached a breakthrough in efforts to disarm Hamas in Gaza. Hamas says it will only give up its weapons if Israel withdr...
US and Iran Trade Strikes After Brief Pause, Fauci Pleads The Fifth, New Asylum Rule
The U.S. launched a wave of airstrikes on Iran overnight. This was in retaliation to a foiled surprise attack on U.S. forces in Jordan. Dr. Anthony Fa...
Trump Has 'Productive' Talks With Zelenskyy And Netanyahu, France Wildfires
President Trump hosted two foreign leaders at the White House on Tuesday. Both, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are dea...
Trump Meets Zelenskyy And Netanyahu, TPS Update, Political Corruption
President Trump is meeting with two world leaders separately at the White House on Tuesday. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israel’s Benjamin Netany...
Seattle Shooting, Iran War Pause, Midterm Elections
At least three people are dead after a shooting at a food festival in Seattle. Four others are injured, including a 2-year-old boy. Police say a susp...
‘We want to ride’: the 1978 protest that sparked the disability rights movement
Thirty-six years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, guaranteeing civil rights for millions of Americans. But the movement t...
White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ukraine hits Russian Retailer, India Protests
A recap of President Trump’s hour-long speech at the rescheduled White House Correpondents’ Dinner. Ukrainian drones have targeted Russia’s airfields...
Saudi Oil Tankers Attacked, Trump's New Tariffs, Wisconsin Police Shooting
Oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time in two months after Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, opening a new front...
Saudi Uranium Enrichment Deal, Trump Defends Iran War, GOP Congress Out Of Sync
Saudi Arabia is getting American nuclear reactors and a path to enrich its own uranium, the same technology the U.S. has spent months bombing Iran to...
Trump Receives Fallen Troops, Hegseth Grilled On The Hill, Arizona Primary Results
President Trump travels to Dover Air Force Base today to receive the bodies of service members killed in the Iran war, as he insists Iran is desperate...
Iran And Yemen's Houthis Blockade, Hegseth On Capitol Hill, Arizona Primary Day
The war between the U.S. and Iran keeps widening as Yemen's Houthi rebels announce a blockade of Saudi Arabia that would choke off another key oil rou...
US-Iran War Escalates, Congress To-Do List, UK Has A New Prime Minister
A third U.S. service member has been killed since Friday as the U.S. bombs Iran for a ninth straight night, with Iran vowing not a drop of oil will pa...
Infertility doctor secretly fathered dozens of children: how strangers became family
What defines a family? For a group of strangers, that question took on a profound, unexpected meaning after DNA tests revealed a hidden, decades-old d...
Hunter Biden on addiction and 'the gift of being publicly shamed' | NPR's Newsmakers
Hunter Biden says he has nothing left to hide. He’s been all over the internet in recent months, including appearances with some of his harshest criti...
ICE Shootings Update, Swift Observatory Rescue, World Cup Final Preview
The latest on two fatal shootings involving federal immigration officers in Texas and Maine. An unprecedented rescue mission to save a valuable space...
Trump Rehashes Election Fraud Claims, Politics Of Trump's Speech, Texas Flooding
President Trump gave a primetime address on election integrity, releasing documents he said proved widespread fraud in the 2020 election, but experts...
Blanche Confirmation Hearing, Iran War And Midterm Politics, Clayton ODNI Hearing
Most senators didn't question Todd Blanche's qualifications to lead the Justice Department at his confirmation hearing, they questioned whether the ma...
Blanche Confirmation Hearing, US and Strait of Hormuz, ICE Vehicle Stops
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will be on Capitol Hill today for his high-stakes confirmation hearing to lead the Justice Department permanently...
Memorandum Of Misunderstanding, Fatal ICE Shooting, Paramount Merger Suit
The US and Iran have resumed hostilities, despite last month's memorandum of understanding. President Trump says the military will once again blockade...
US and Iran Trade Attacks Again, Sen. Lindsay Graham Dies, Congress Returns
The U.S. and Iran are continuing to fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of heavy strikes, with the U.S. hitting dozens of Irani...
Should we worry about the end of the world?
From climate change to the rise of AI - it’s hard not to feel like human civilization could be nearing the end. What threats are really worth worrying...
Election Betting on Prediction Markets, Special Education, Breastmilk Storage
Kalshi's new plan to prevent political campaign staffers from betting on their own campaigns is hardly foolproof. The disability community has concern...
Iran and US Pause Fighting Again, TPS Work Permits, July 4th Teen Death Investigation
It's not clear if peace talks are still on as the funeral for Iran's former supreme leader wrapped up after days of mourning, and the tit-for-tat stri...
Trump's Whiplash Foreign Policy, Iran War Escalates, Graham Platner Drops Out
President Trump keeps swinging between threats and flattery, calling Iran's leaders rational and smart three weeks ago and scum this week, and he's a...