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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.

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Indexed episodes, last 90 days
71
Latest publication
Sep 11, 2026
Audience
Apple #3 · US
Earliest in this view
Jul 3, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Remembering 9/11, Republican Midterm Convention Wraps, SCOTUS Missouri Redistricting (opens the original)

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    Communities across the country will gather today to mark 25 years since the September 11 attacks, remembering the nearly 3,000 people who died that day and those later killed by illnesses from the toxic air at Ground Zero. President Trump closed the Republican midterm convention last night by urging supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot, even as large sections of the arena sat empty and he suggested he might not campaign as hard as he did for himself. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Miss

  2. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    Trump Convention Speech, Missouri Contempt And Redistricting, Apple's Foldable iPhone (opens the original)

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    President Trump spoke on the first night of the Republican midterm convention, asking voters to pretend he is on the ballot and promising every adult $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Missouri election officials are caught between conflicting state and federal court rulings over which congressional map to use in November, with a Republican-drawn map that could help the party flip a Kansas City seat still in dispute. And Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone under new CEO John Ternus, a rou

  3. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    US Strikes Iran Oil Tankers, Israeli Settlements Sanctions, Smithsonian Head Retires (opens the original)

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    The U.S. has destroyed eight Iranian oil tankers since Saturday, as Iran fires back at American forces and Gulf countries reconsider the risks of hosting U.S. bases. Britain, Canada and France are moving to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with Britain accusing settlers of ethnic cleansing and Israel responding with diplomatic retaliation. And Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch is retiring after nearly four decades at the institution, as the Trump administration

  4. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Canada's Retaliatory Tariffs On US, Trumpapalooza Convention, Miami Cargo Plane Crash (opens the original)

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    Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods took effect at midnight, matching President Trump’s latest duties after talks collapsed last month. Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for an unusual midterm convention headlined both nights by President Trump, who wants voters to pretend he is on the ballot as the party looks to energize voters ahead of the midterm election. Investigators recovered the flight recorders from the Amazon cargo plane that overran a run

  5. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    Miami Plane Crash, Witkoff & Kushner Visit Ukraine, Far-Right AfD Wins In Germany (opens the original)

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    Authorities in Florida are investigating why an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five more. President Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, made their first wartime visit to Kyiv after talks in Moscow, offering no breakthrough as Ukraine pushes for renewed peace talks and more air defenses. And Germany’s far-right AfD more than doubled its vote in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, a result that could prod

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