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  • The News Roundup For September 5, 2025

    The News Roundup For September 5, 2025
    Sep 5 2025
    Jobs numbers are out. They indicate a stalling labor market, with U.S. employers adding just 22,000 jobs in August and unemployment rising to 4.3 percent.

    After rumors about the president’s supposedly failing health swirled online last weekend, Donald Trump appeared in public at a press conference this week announcing the relocation of the Space Force headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.

    Florida announced this week that it’s set to become the first state in the U.S. to end vaccine mandates in schools, including for young children.

    The leaders of China, India, Russia met this week in a display of friendship meant to signal unity to the world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping convened in China for a summit of powers not aligned with the West.

    Meanwhile, Putin told officials in Kyiv he was willing to try and negotiate the end the war in Ukraine should “common sense prevail.” However, he also threatened that he was prepared to continue should he not find terms agreeable.

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • What the 2025 US Open says about the future of tennis

    What the 2025 US Open says about the future of tennis
    Sep 4 2025
    Every August, New York City becomes the headquarters for all things tennis thanks to the U.S. Open.And a lot has happened for the sport in the Big Apple.

    This year marks 75 since Althea Gibson broke the tennis color barrier at the tournament.

    So, ahead of the finals this weekend, we sit down with a panel of experts to talk about the biggest takeaways from this year’s event and the future of the sport.

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    33 mins
  • ICYMI: Earthquake Aftershocks Rock Afghanistan

    ICYMI: Earthquake Aftershocks Rock Afghanistan
    Sep 3 2025
    A 6.0 earthquake hit Afghanistan on Sunday night leaving more than 1,400 dead and at least 3,000 injured.

    Rescue crews struggled to reach affected villages in remote areas of the country’s Kunar Province as powerful aftershocks continued to rattle the area.

    All of this is happening in a country already reeling from deep cuts to aid funding, a struggling economy, and an influx of millions of Afghans forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan.

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    12 mins
  • 1A-09.03.2025

    1A-09.03.2025
    Sep 3 2025
    Congress returned to the Capitol on Tuesday after their month-long summer break. They’re already in a time crunch.

    Lawmakers have around four weeks – or around just 14 legislative days – to pass a spending measure and avoid a government shutdown before Sept. 30.

    Tensions between Republicans and Democrats are high. After the passages of President Donald Trump’s spending and rescission bills, Democrats say they are ready for a fight. But the potential for being blamed for a government shutdown also puts them in a tough spot.

    On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the ball is in the Democrats’ court, but will Republicans play ball at all?

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    12 mins
  • The President And The National Guard

    The President And The National Guard
    Sep 2 2025
    Donald Trump says the office of the president gives him the right to deploy the National Guard to U.S. states. But does it? And who decides?

    The president signed an executive order last week calling for a restructuring of the National Guard. It also asks the nation’s defense secretary to create a rapid response force to be deployed to states for “quelling civil disturbances and ensuring public safety.”

    Meanwhile, Trump says the city of Chicago is in need of National Guard presence due to a rise in crime. But the president has declined to say how the federal government can intervene outside of D.C., a federal enclave.

    Violent crime in Chicago is on a decline. In the first half of 2025, gun violence is down 25 percent compared to last year and down 41 percent from the average reported between 2020 and 2024. That data is from the CBS News Chicago Gun Violence Tracker.

    What could that deployment look like? And what has the response been from city officials?

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    33 mins
  • 1A Presents: Milk Street's Summer Lollapalooza

    1A Presents: Milk Street's Summer Lollapalooza
    Aug 31 2025
    We love talking about food at 1A. From the latest cookbooks to answering your questions about your favorite foods.

    As a holiday weekend treat and a fond look back at summer, we bring you highlights from an episode of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio Podcast. The team discusses grilling and answer listener questions.

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    34 mins
  • The News Roundup For August 29, 2025

    The News Roundup For August 29, 2025
    Aug 29 2025
    A shooter opened fire in a Minneapolis church on Wednesday, injuring 17 people and killing two children. Parishioners and students were gathered at a Mass marking the first week of school

    A federal grand jury in the nation’s capital this week declined to indict a man who threw a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington DC.

    Emails between top Florida officials show that they expect the state’s newest immigration detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” to be emptied in the coming weeks. The White House is fighting a judge’s order to shut it down.

    Israeli and U.S. officials met this week in Washington to discuss plans for post-war Gaza. This comes as the Israeli military expands the offensive in Gaza City and they come under fire for a “double-tap” bombing of a hospital.

    In the war in Ukraine, both sides are attacking energy resources. In Europe, leaders sit down to try and negotiate peace in the region.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • New Orleans And Katrina, 20 Years Later

    New Orleans And Katrina, 20 Years Later
    Aug 28 2025
    It’s been two decades since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, making landfall in the city as a Category 3 storm. The massive storm surge broke through levees and the flood walls.

    Some 80 percent of New Orleans flooded. Entire neighborhoods were wiped out. The official death toll totaled nearly 1,400 people. And what happened in the storm’s wake changed the face of emergency response in this country forever.

    We mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina hit. We take you back to that time, look at what rebuilding has meant for New Orleans, and what lessons were learned.

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    43 mins