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Religion

The world waits as cardinals work to choose the next pope

6:45am May 08, 2025

by Ruth Sherlock

The world is watching the Vatican on Thursday as 133 cardinals work to choose which of them will be the next pope.

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Morning News Brief: Health Care, Transgender Service Members, Foxconn, Charlie Gard

Republicans continue debating health care plans while President Trump tweeted about transgender people in the military. Tony Romm of Recode discusses electronics-maker Foxconn's U.S. factory plans.

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Politics & Government

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley On His More Than 100 Amendments To GOP Health Care Bill

Steve Inskeep talks with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley about more than 100 amendments he plans for the Republican health care plan, as part of an effort to obstruct the process. Ron Elving has analysis.

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World News

Tensions Escalate Between India And China In Remote Border Area

by Julie McCarthy

Soldiers from China and India have gathered at a remote area where Bhutan, India and China meet. It's part of a border dispute involving a road.

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Books

Getting Kids Interested In Poetry

Poet and educator Kwame Alexander stops by to chat about poetry with NPR's Rachel Martin. He shares some ideas for poems to read with kids and tips for getting kids to write some of their own.

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Health & Safety

What Hospitals Think Of The GOP Health Care Plans

Tom Nickels of the American Hospital Association talks with Rachel Martin about the showdown over repealing the Affordable Care Act.

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National

Legal Questions Over Trump's Ban Of Transgender People In The Military

President Trump said the government will not allow transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military. Military law expert Eugene Fidell tells Steve Inskeep what the announcement might mean.

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Trump Backer On The President And The Press

President Trump's relationship with the media is seen as a contentious one. Rachel Martin talks with Chris Buskirk, publisher of the conservative web site American Greatness, who says it is healthy.

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National

Electronics-Maker Foxconn Plans Wisconsin Factory

Foxconn, a major electronics manufacturing company based in Taiwan, says it will build a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin. Reporter Todd Frankel of The Washington Post talks with Rachel Martin.

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Morning Edition

Weekdays 5:00-9:00am

The world waits as cardinals work to choose the next pope

Morning News Brief: Health Care, Transgender Service Members, Foxconn, Charlie Gard

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley On His More Than 100 Amendments To GOP Health Care Bill

Tensions Escalate Between India And China In Remote Border Area

Getting Kids Interested In Poetry

What Hospitals Think Of The GOP Health Care Plans

Legal Questions Over Trump's Ban Of Transgender People In The Military

Trump Backer On The President And The Press

Electronics-Maker Foxconn Plans Wisconsin Factory

Social Media Lets Anti-Government Bundys Reach Followers

Lebanon's Prime Minister On Help For Syrian Refugees

Charlie Gard To Be Taken To Hospice Unless Deal Reached

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