Episodes

  • Tariffs Come Due, Chopper Traffic After Crash

    Tariffs Come Due, Chopper Traffic After Crash
    Feb 1 2025
    The White House says President Trump will implement tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday. Also, the FAA prohibits most helicopters from flying near Reagan Washington National Airport.

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    14 mins
  • Plane Crash Latest, German Far Right, Nuclear Testing

    Plane Crash Latest, German Far Right, Nuclear Testing
    Jan 31 2025
    Cockpit recordings have been recovered from the jet involved in a collision just outside of Washington, DC, a German far-right party is participating in mainstream politics for the first time since World War Two and researchers are studying nuclear weapons at an underground facility in Nevada.

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    Today's episode of Up First was edited by Denice Rios, Ryland Barton, Gisele Grayson, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas, Claire Murashima and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent and our technical director is Stacey Abbott. Our executive producer is Kelley Dickens.

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    12 mins
  • D.C. Plane Crash, Migrant Housing At Guantanamo, January 6th Criminal Records

    D.C. Plane Crash, Migrant Housing At Guantanamo, January 6th Criminal Records
    Jan 30 2025
    An American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter in the skies over Washington, DC, President Trump says the US will send deported migrants to a temporary facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and an NPR investigation finds lengthy criminal records for some January 6th defendants who received pardons.

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    Today's episode of Up First was edited by Russell Lewis, Monika Evstatieva, Barrie Hardymon, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas, Claire Murashima, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

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    14 mins
  • Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card

    Trump Remaking Government, RFK Jr. Confirmation Hearings, US Education Report Card
    Jan 29 2025
    President Trump's actions this week show the scope of his bid to reshape the federal government, Senate confirmation hearings begin for RFK Jr. and results are in from a national assessment of reading and math, nearly five years since the start of the pandemic.

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    Today's episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, Diane Webber, Nicole Cohen, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas, Claire Murashima, and Chris Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

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    14 mins
  • Justice Department Firings, Humanitarian Parole Ends, China And AI

    Justice Department Firings, Humanitarian Parole Ends, China And AI
    Jan 28 2025
    At least a dozen Justice Department employees involved in prosecuting President Trump received dismissal notices, humanitarian parole programs are ending for 1.4 legal immigrants to the US and a Chinese company has developed a free competitor to ChatGPT.

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    Today's episode of Up First was edited by Eric Westervelt, Anna Yukhananov, Kevin Drew, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Claire Murashima. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent and our technical director is Zac Coleman.

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    13 mins
  • Mideast Ceasefire, Florida Immigration Session, Congolese City Captured

    Mideast Ceasefire, Florida Immigration Session, Congolese City Captured
    Jan 27 2025
    Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza, a proposal by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would give local law enforcement officials the power of immigration agents, and rebels backed by Rwanda have captured a key city in the Congo.

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    Today's episode of Up First was edited by Jerome Socolovsky, Larry Kaplow, Russell Lewis, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Claire Murashima. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

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    14 mins
  • Reckoning with the Assad Regime's 'Machinery of Death'

    Reckoning with the Assad Regime's 'Machinery of Death'
    Jan 26 2025
    The fall of Syria's leader in December opened the doors to a vast network of detention centers and prisons across the country, uncovering further evidence of the true scale of killings under former president Bashar al-Assad. On this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's Ruth Sherlock takes us to a notorious prison where thousands were detained and killed, and she visits a suspected mass gravesite outside Damascus. She meets former prisoners and those forced to play a role in what has been called the regime's "machinery of death."

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    33 mins
  • More Hostages Go Free, Trump Halts Foreign Aid, RFK Jr.'s Confirmation

    More Hostages Go Free, Trump Halts Foreign Aid, RFK Jr.'s Confirmation
    Jan 25 2025
    Hamas releases four Israeli soldiers as part of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. The U.S. State Department halts most foreign aid. Physicians line up against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for health secretary.

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    14 mins