NPR News: 09-03-2026 7PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election. Ampere Sonsilo Wang has more. For now, the U.S. Postal Service is blocked from moving ahead with key parts of its plan. We should note U.S. PS's financial support of NPR. The Postal Service's plan involves delivering mail-in balance only to people on voter lists that the states would have to turn over to the mailing agency. The federal judge in Boston has found that plan is likely illegal because U.S. PS says no authority to control voting by mail. Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on a procedural question about this legal fight. The high court has not ruled yet on the legality of the Postal Service's plan. And there's a little time left for the plan to be fully carried out before mail-in voting starts for the midterm election. North Carolina said to begin sending out ballots Friday. Ampere Sonsilo Wang and NPR News. The former head of FEMA, David Richardson, says the Trump administration is no longer trying to dismantle the agency.

1:00Ampere's Rebecca Hirscher has more. Richardson took over at FEMA in May 2025. I went there for three things. To get FEMA through hurricane season, either shut it down or drastically reduce its size and essentially get it ready for rebranding. That's why I went. He was at the agency for about six months and says during that time, the Trump administration changed course. And now the country's top disaster agency is here to stay. FEMA and the White House declined to answer questions from NPR about the administration's goals for the agency. Rebecca Hirscher and P.R. News. The late Gloria Steinem was lionized for her work advocating the rights of women. But as Ampere's Anastasia Silukas reports, the journalist author and social activist also helped make one of the most classic children's album of all time. Free to be human me was the brainchild of actress Marlou Thomas, but may never have

2:02existed without the contributions of Gloria Steinem. In 1972, Thomas called upon her friend Steinem to help her shape free to be human me. Steinem introduced Thomas to let he caught in Pograban, one of Ms. magazine's founding editors. They all realized that mothers and their young children would be a perfect audience for their feminist message. Those songs, skits and original stories featuring stars like Diana Ross and Harry Balafonte were a huge success and inspired a book and a television special that won Emmy and P-Body awards. In 2020, the Library of Congress inducted the album into its national recording registry on the Stazid Silukas and P.R. News, New York. The U.S. Trade Gap in goods and services widened in July to the highest level since early 2025, as imports rose sharply in exports fell amid President Trump's volatile tariffs. The Commerce Department says the total gap was $88.6 billion of 24%. You're listening to NPR News. The Missouri Supreme Court blocked the redistricting backed by President Trump that had tilted

3:05a house seat in the state toward Republicans. The court ruled that it can't take effect unless voters approve it on the ballot in November. It was placed on the ballot by a Citizens Initiative. It's unclear what this means to the state, as the state follows to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court immediately. Primaries have already been held in the new districts. The British Royals, together with the Prime Ministers of the UK and France, had a special private viewing at the British Museum of the Valleaux Test Pistry. It's more than a 1,000-year-old embroidery that depicts a key battle between France and England. The New York Times has a long history of the European Union. Part war propaganda, Part Comics Trip, the Bayo Tapestry depicts the Norman Conquest. When French normans of Scandinavian viking descent invaded Anglo-Saxon England in the year 1066, changing this country's rulers, language and culture forever. It chose gory battles, including the death of England's king by an arrow to the eye.

4:06The 230-foot embroidery was sewn in England, but soon transported to France, and this is the first time it's returned on loan. King Charles called that... The precious symbol of trust. At a time when trust seemed sadly to be in short supply between nations. Public viewings begin next week. Lauren Friar and Pierre News London. Wall Street Hire by the closing bell that out of 624 points than Aztec up 366. Engineering Herbst and Pierre News in Washington.