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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 by 6 a.m. ET, with hosts Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin and A Martinez. Also available on Saturdays by 8 a.m. ET, with Ayesha Rascoe and Scott Simon. On Sundays, hear a longer exploration behind the headlines with Ayesha Rascoe on "The Sunday Story," available by 8 a.m. ET. Subscribe and listen, then support your local NPR station at donate.npr.org.Support NPR's reporting by subscribing to Up First+ and unlock sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org/upfirst
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Arizona Fake Electors, Trump Immunity Arguments, Steve's In China
Arizona is now the fourth state to bring "fake elector" charges against allies of Donald Trump. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today about whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts as president. And Up First's Steve Inskeep is on a reporting trip in China, where economic pessimism is rising amid frayed U.S. ties.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ben Swasey, Krishnadev Calamur, Reena Advani, Elana Perl, Jan Johnson and Ben Adler. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams, Taylor Haney and Nina Kravinsky. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Zac Coleman.
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First Trump Trial Witness, Tesla's Tough Spot, Nassar Victims' Settlement
The New York jury weighing criminal charges against Donald Trump has now heard from the trial's first witness. Elon Musk's Tesla is running into a whole lot of red lights: slumping sales, mass layoffs, and now a 55 percent drop in profits. And more than 100 people who reported being abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will share a nearly $140 million settlement.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Calamur, Emily Kopp, Cheryl Corley, Jan Johnson and Ben Adler. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Nina Kravinsky. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Zac Coleman.
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Campus Protests Spread, UK Asylum Law, Starbucks at SCOTUS
Protests against the war in Gaza on college campuses now stretch from coast to coast. The United Kingdom is ready to pay a country thousands of miles away to take its unwanted refugees. And a years-long labor battle at Starbucks reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, which could set a precedent for future union building efforts.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Alfredo Carbajal, Emily Kopp, Nick Spicer, Ally Schweitzer and Ben Adler. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Nina Kravinsky. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis, and our technical director is Stacey Abbott.
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Trump Opening Arguments, TikTok Bill, SCOTUS Homelessness
Opening arguments begin today in Manhattan: the People of the State of New York vs Donald J. Trump. As the House passed foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan over the weekend, it tucked in a bill that threatens the future of Tiktok in the U.S. And the U.S. Supreme Court takes up homelessness – specifically, the question of whether people can be punished for sleeping outside.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Krishnadev Calamur, Julia Buckley, Catherine Laidlaw and Ben Adler. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Nina Kravinsky. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Zac Coleman.
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The Sunday Story: Off The Mark, an NPR investigation into America's historical markers
Historical markers dot the American landscape. They are on the sides of roads, in parks, rest areas, in the middle of nowhere. They purport to offer a glimpse into the past, marking a moment or place of significance worth remembering. But a year-long investigation by NPR's Laura Sullivan found some of these markers present a fractured and confused telling of the American story. Some share humor and joy but many present a version of history that's been distorted or outright fictionalized with offensive lies.
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Congress Votes On Aid, Auto Workers Vote On Unionizing, New Melatonin Guidelines
Congress is expected to vote Saturday on aid for U.S. allies over the objections of some Republicans. Volkswagen workers at a Tennessee plant have voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers. There are new guidelines to safeguard melatonin overuse by children.
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news, quickly. hosts are professional and serious, but lighten things up when needed. love the energy ayesha brings to the weekends.
Politeness doesn't mean rightness
I used to listen to this show every day, for years. For a long time, in earnest, but for the last while, more as a temperature gauge. The March 1st episode was my last straw. Something from a movie, dystopian, truly a work of art and a snapshot into our cold and gruesome and apathetic world. Shame on you. Your unwillingness to criticize the source of this desperation will haunt you, it breaks my heart. Aside from the flour slaughter -- over a hundred journalists have been KILLED in Gaza since Oct 7th, and you weakly lament not being able to verify what actually happened because no journalists allowed :( SHAME. And then concluding the pig thing. Listen. I'm getting a PhD in philosophy, in ethics. I'm actually really down for an ethical meat and ethical use discussion. But the conversation at the end...just listen to it. Again, a work of art. Done with y'all. Shame on us, Free Palestine.
Good themes with an unlistenable host
Why does Aisha Roscoe perform with such an affected voice? An otherwise intelligent person who goes to lengths to sound uneducated with a “naturally?” provincial dialect. Not sure who this appeals to.