Morning Edition
Every weekday for over three decades, Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with two hours of multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform, challenge and occasionally amuse.
Sponsored
Episodes
-
From convict to cabinet: South Africa’s new sports minister promotes gangland motorsport
South Africa's new sports minister once drove getaway cars in bank heists. Now he's in government, with plans to bring the dangerous pass time of car spinning out of the shadows and into the mainstream.
-
Attacks on Sudan's hospitals, clinics put millions at risk
Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war; aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.
-
The plot of 'Longlegs' may sound familiar but it stands on its own 2 terrifying feet
In the new Nicolas Cage horror film "Longlegs," an FBI agent is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult.
-
The ACLU has a blueprint to constrain Trump in a second presidential term
The American Civil Liberties Union is developing a legal strategy to counter former President Donald Trump in the event he returns to the White House.
-
It seems like Project 2025 is everywhere. But what is it?
After calling Project 2025 "ridiculous," Trump continued to distance himself from the conservative roadmap for the next Republican president. Meanwhile, the Biden team wants to tie the plan to Trump.
-
Morning news brief
Whether President Biden should withdrawal from 2024 race, puts his VP under scrutiny. Biden camp focuses on tying Donald Trump with Project 2025. Houston reels after Hurricane Beryl tore through.
-
Before a N.C. dam is removed, biologists search for America’s largest salamander
Before old mill dams are demolished in the North Carolina mountains, a search and rescue operation begins for the country's largest salamanders.
-
'Planet Money': Do immigrants really take jobs and lower wages?
The Planet Money team looks to the economic research for an answer.
-
Hurricane Beryl is another example of why the power grid needs to be more resilient
NPR's A Martinez speaks with energy expert Michael Webber about how utilities can manage extreme weather events like Hurricane Beryl.
-
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are expected to ask the Fed chair about interest rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell visits Capitol Hill on Wednesday to take questions on the economy and interest rates.
-
What did NATO members take away from President Biden’s speech?
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Rachel Rizzo of the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, about whether Biden's speech reassured allies that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine.
-
NPR investigation reveals information about death row in Texas
State law shields information about the process of lethal injection. A new NPR investigation finds where the drug comes from.
