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 NPR's Up First is the news you need to start your day. The three biggest stories of the day, with reporting and analysis from NPR News — in 10 minutes. Available weekdays at 6:30 a.m. ET, with hosts Leila Fadel, Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin and A Martinez. Also available on Saturdays at 9 a.m. ET, with Ayesha Rascoe and Scott Simon. On Sundays, hear a longer exploration behind the headlines with Ayesha Rascoe on "The Sunday Story," available by 8 a.m. ET. Subscribe and listen, then support your local NPR station at donate.npr.org.

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Episodes
  • Why more women are choosing to be single mothers

    Why more women are choosing to be single mothers
    May 10 2026
    So you want to be a mother, but you don’t have a partner. More women are shedding the stigma of single motherhood and choosing to have children on their own. This week on The Sunday Story, NPR’s Pallavi Gogoi brings us stories from her conversations with more than 60 women who have embraced this new vision of what motherhood can be.

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    28 mins
  • NATO Friction, Florida Detention Center, Public Corruption

    NATO Friction, Florida Detention Center, Public Corruption
    May 9 2026
    President Trump's continued criticism of NATO allies is bringing relations within the alliance to historic lows. The controversial immigration center in the Florida Everglades may be closing. New reporting on the second Trump administration's posture toward corruption by public officials reveals alarming attitudes.

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    15 mins
  • US and Iran Trade Fire, Tennessee Redistricting, US Boat Strikes In Caribbean

    US and Iran Trade Fire, Tennessee Redistricting, US Boat Strikes In Caribbean
    May 8 2026
    President Trump insists the ceasefire is holding even after the U.S. and Iran traded fire in the Strait of Hormuz for the second time this week.
    Tennessee is the first state to redraw its congressional map after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, joining other Southern Republican-led states in redrawing districts ahead of the midterms.
    The U.S. military is facing growing scrutiny over its campaign of airstrikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, which has killed nearly 200 people and raised new allegations of mistreatment of foreign fishermen.

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    Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Acacia Squires, Tara Neill, Mohamad ElBardicy and Adriana Gallardo.

    It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.

    Our director is Kaity Kline.

    We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.

    And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.

    (0:00) Introduction
    (01:55) US and Iran Trade Fire
    (05:45) Tennessee Redistricting
    (09:40) US Boat Strikes In Caribbean

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    13 mins
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