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Hosted by Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin, Morning Edition takes listeners around both the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday.
For more than four decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and commentary. Regularly heard on Morning Edition are familiar NPR commentators, and the special series StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in American history.
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The Supreme Court releases decisions on the last day of their term
by Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court releases opinion on birthright citizenship and other cases. NPR's Steve Inskeep, Carrie Johnson, and Nina Totenberg analyze the decisions.
California's phasing out of gas-powered cars will require infrastructure changes
California will ban sales of new gas-powered cars in 2035. Is the grid ready? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Margo Oge, former director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality at the EPA.
News brief: Wyoming economic summit, student debt equity, nuclear plant at risk
The Fed chair speaks in Jackson Hole, Wyo. President Biden's student loan plan is designed to help low-income borrowers. Conditions deteriorate at a Ukrainian nuclear plant under Russian control.
Identical twins that married identical twins start their families
Brittany and Briana Dean dreamed of marrying another pair of twins. They met Jeremy and Josh Salyers in 2017. They got married a year later and both couples gave birth to sons five months apart.
'Planet Money': Will the Inflation Reduction Act really fight inflation?
The Inflation Reduction Act includes a number of provisions to tackle climate change and health care costs. But whether it really fights inflation is less clear.
NASA plans to launch a huge moon rocket but the price tag may impede its future
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
NASA plans to test launch its newest rocket next week — one it hopes will eventually take astronauts back to the moon. But the rocket's big price tag has some critics skeptical about its future.
Retailers say shoppers are making fewer purchases but inflation means they pay more
by Alina Selyukh
The latest report cards from top U.S. retailers show shoppers are making fewer purchases and fewer trips to stores. But when they check out, they tend to spend more because things cost more.
Fed chief Jerome Powell is under pressure to curb inflation
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell speaks Friday morning in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Powell hopes to curb inflation without pushing the economy into recession.
Biden administration moves to make DACA harder to challenge in court
NPR's A Martinez talks to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program which is now in the federal government's code of regulations.
Encore: Why Oregonians are so proud of their blackberries
by Deena Prichep
It's peak blackberry season in Oregon. And even if you don't live there, the blackberries you eat are likely from the state. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 10, 2022.)
Encore: Rural Washington 911 center closes amid lack of operators
by Austin Jenkins
There's a national shortage of 911 operators. In Washington state, the situation is so dire that it closed a rural dispatch center. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 22, 2022.)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been pushing for student loan relief for years
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts about the Biden administration's plan to forgive some college debt owed by millions of American students.
Biden wants to erase some or all federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers
President Biden announced a sweeping student loan cancellation plan Wednesday. Some are rejoicing over newfound financial freedom, but there are critics on both sides.