The Latest Music Fall's music highlights include new releases from Big Thief, Zach Top and Laufey Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs. Ken Tucker World Trump wraps up state visit to U.K. After a day of royal pomp, President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom closes with a business reception and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Willem Marx Politics Trump says he disagrees with Starmer's decision to recognize Palestinian state President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talked about foreign affairs privately for about an hour, including the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. NPR Washington Desk Seattle Symphony's new music director loves Bach and Seattle audiences The Seattle Symphony has a new music director… And she’s breaking new ground. Xian Zhang is the first woman and the first person of color to direct the Symphony in its more than 120-year history… And she’s here to talk about what brought her to Seattle after conducting orchestras around the world. Vaughan Jones Health Former CDC director says she was fired for resisting pressure from RFK Jr. Susan Monarez, the ousted director of the CDC, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the health secretary pressured her to rubber stamp vaccine policies without reviewing scientific evidence. Selena Simmons-Duffin Health Former CDC leader shares why she decided to leave NPR speaks with Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, about her decision to leave her post and her concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine decisions. Leila Fadel Morning news brief An advisory committee meets Thursday to recommend vaccine policies, the Fed lowers interest rates for the first time this year, ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off air for comments on Charlie Kirk's killing. Leila Fadel Oliver Darcy talks about ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air Oliver Darcy, author of Status, a nightly newsletter about the corridors of media power, explains ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air following his comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk. Leila Fadel Education UC Berkeley sends 160 names to government for 'alleged antisemitic incidents' The University of California Berkeley told about 160 faculty, staff and students that they were included in files shared with the government related to "alleged antisemitic incidents." Leila Fadel Economy Facing Trump's pressure, the Federal Reserve cuts rates for the first time this year The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts. Scott Horsley Prev 417 of 1651 Next Sponsored
Music Fall's music highlights include new releases from Big Thief, Zach Top and Laufey Big Thief has a new album, as does Zach Top, a young country singer with roots in old country. And the Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey brings a classical-music and jazz influence to her pop songs. Ken Tucker
World Trump wraps up state visit to U.K. After a day of royal pomp, President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom closes with a business reception and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Willem Marx
Politics Trump says he disagrees with Starmer's decision to recognize Palestinian state President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer talked about foreign affairs privately for about an hour, including the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. NPR Washington Desk
Seattle Symphony's new music director loves Bach and Seattle audiences The Seattle Symphony has a new music director… And she’s breaking new ground. Xian Zhang is the first woman and the first person of color to direct the Symphony in its more than 120-year history… And she’s here to talk about what brought her to Seattle after conducting orchestras around the world. Vaughan Jones
Health Former CDC director says she was fired for resisting pressure from RFK Jr. Susan Monarez, the ousted director of the CDC, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the health secretary pressured her to rubber stamp vaccine policies without reviewing scientific evidence. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health Former CDC leader shares why she decided to leave NPR speaks with Debra Houry, the CDC's former chief medical officer, about her decision to leave her post and her concerns over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine decisions. Leila Fadel
Morning news brief An advisory committee meets Thursday to recommend vaccine policies, the Fed lowers interest rates for the first time this year, ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off air for comments on Charlie Kirk's killing. Leila Fadel
Oliver Darcy talks about ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air Oliver Darcy, author of Status, a nightly newsletter about the corridors of media power, explains ABC's decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off air following his comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk. Leila Fadel
Education UC Berkeley sends 160 names to government for 'alleged antisemitic incidents' The University of California Berkeley told about 160 faculty, staff and students that they were included in files shared with the government related to "alleged antisemitic incidents." Leila Fadel
Economy Facing Trump's pressure, the Federal Reserve cuts rates for the first time this year The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, but President Trump is demanding bigger rate cuts. Scott Horsley