NPR News: 09-10-2026 12PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is claiming that he will give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans prevail in the midterm elections and retain their majority in Congress. And PRC Evenfala reports from the party's midterm convention in Dallas. In a winding speech at the Republican National Committee's midterm convention, Trump gave many reasons for Republicans to show up and vote. But about an hour into his address, he introduced a new idea, elect Republicans and get money. If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our economic tremendous economic success, like in history we've never had anything like what's happening. But because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.

1:02Aside from the legal and logistical questions surrounding that promise, there's a political hurdle. For now, polls suggest Republicans could lose both chambers of Congress in November. Stephen Fowler in PR News, Dallas. The Supreme Court dealt a setback in the GOP's attempts to hold the House today at again rejected Trump-back redrawn maps in Missouri. Record-high fuel prices are driving up shipping costs and PR Scott Horcili reports on how that's being felt at the busy port of Los Angeles. More than half a million cargo containers came into the port of LA last month, as U.S. retailers stock up for the holiday shopping season. Two-thirds of those shipping containers leave the port on the back of a truck. The price of diesel fuels hit a record high nationwide. And it's even higher in Southern California, where port director Gene Sirocas says diesel selling for nearly $8 a gallon. These runnin' as fast as they can, but the higher these fuel prices go, just simply mean higher prices for American families. Escalating tensions in the U.S. war with Iran have pushed crude oil prices higher.

2:03The cost of refining oil into diesel fuel is also at record levels. Scott Horcili in PR News, Washington. In Lebanon, the Israeli Army continues to seize territory and destroy villages despite U.S. broker-tzees fire involving the Iran-backed militant group has bowled up. In Pierre's Jeneraph joined UN peacekeepers for a look behind Israeli lines. We passed the last Lebanese checkpoint, and even though this is still Lebanon, Lebanese forces don't come up here. We're with Unifilm, the United Nations peacekeeping force. This is still Lebanon, but it's controlled by Israel. Since Israeli forces moved in to occupy this area, there hasn't been a lot of movement in a route, including the people who used to live here. Israel has destroyed a lot of the villages along the border. It's as to maintain its own security. Jeneraph, NPR News, in occupied southern Lebanon. This is NPR News. Last month, Homes sold at their slowest annual pace in more than a year in the United States.

3:08The National Association of Realtors said today that existing Homesales declined 1.2% from August 2025, and fell 2% from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million units. And AR's Chief Economist Laurence Yoon says it's not a surprise to see Homesales move in the opposite direction from continually rising mortgage rates. Apple will start selling a foldable iPhone about the size of a passport starting next month. It is the biggest change to the iconic product since it was introduced nearly 20 years ago to kick off the Smartphone era. NPR's John Ruich reports the company's new CEO may the announcement. At Apple's annual iPhone launch event, executives talked about an updated iPhone, AirPods, and watch lineup, and then nearly an hour in new CEO John Ternis said this. But actually, where is one more thing? It's a classic line that late Apple founder Steve Jobs made famous when he announced innovative

4:10new products like the first iPhone. The new foldable iPhone has a 5.4-inch exterior screen and is almost like a small iPad when opened with a 7.6-inch screen. The nearly $2,000 price tag goes to about $3,200 with all the bells and whistles, and I'll say that may test the upper boundaries of what Apple users will pay for a phone. Apple is a financial supporter of NPR. John Ruich and PR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington. Wanna hear this podcast without sponsor breaks? Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now, sponsor free through Amazon Music. Or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get NPR Plus at plus.NPR.org. That's plus.NPR.org.