NPR News: 09-10-2026 3PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The US Supreme Court has put a more democratic leaning map back in place for now in Missouri. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports that the high court dealt a blow to a President Trump backed effort to draw more GOP districts. President Trump successfully pressured Missouri Republicans to redraw their congressional lines in 2025 to House Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver. But redistricting opponents successfully put that map up for a statewide vote, which meant it couldn't be used this year. The US Supreme Court's state of federal judges temporary restraining order to have the 2025 map used in the November elections. Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Russ Carnahan says his party has stood strong against the GOP and Trump. I think there's a bit of relief that we still need to get our elections underway. While a map for a safe seat for Cleaver is in place for now, the case could return to the federal courts.

1:01For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum and St. Louis. President Trump's pledging $5,000 cash dividends to every American adult if Republicans hold their congressional majority in November's elections. If he follows through on the promise he made last night at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, the one-time payout would cost taxpayers $1.23 trillion, surpassed only by the $1.6 trillion cost for social security. David Wessel is a director of the Hutchins Center at the Center left-leaning Brookings Institution. We have sent checks to people before. We did that during the COVID pandemic. But that was in an emergency and we're not in that kind of emergency now. Wessel accuses President Trump of trying to bribe people into voting Republican in November. The administration argues anyone could benefit no matter how they vote. The latest polls in Israel show a statistical tie in the race to determine which party governs

2:01the country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing his toughest challenge yet ahead of the October 27th vote. Here's NPR's Kerry Khan. Pulse by Israel's main television channel show Netanyahu and political newcomer Gadi Eisenkut Neddead Heat. Informer military chief of staff is tapping into voter frustration with Netanyahu, including Israel's perpetual wars and lack of inquiry into security failings before the October 7th Hamas led attack. To govern both men will likely need to form coalitions with other parties giving the groups outsize political influence. Many are small with ultra-right religious and nationalist genders or represent Israel's Arab population. If he wins Netanyahu pledges to, quote, complete the job in Israel's ongoing military conflicts, block a future Palestinian state and overhaul the judiciary, handling his corruption trial. Kerry Khan and PR News tell of Eve. You're listening to NPR News.

3:01Oregon Public Broadcasting reports University of Washington researchers will seek clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to move their vaccine for fentanyl into human trials. It says Oregon and Washington state have some of the highest overdose death rates in the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that in 2023, more than three quarters of drug overdose deaths in the United States involved opioids. However, death rates have declined. Doctors say they are planning a second excavation at Colorado's Eglary Reservoir next summer. The site is recognized as the richest high altitude ice age ecosystem ever discovered. Reagan Merz with Aspen Public Radio has details. In 2010, a construction crew uncovered a mammoth tusk while digging to expand the Eglary Reservoir and Sturmass village. The Denver Museum went on to uncover more than 35,000 animal bones representing 85,000

4:02years of history. Sarah Stuki Sanchez of Stomach Tourism says archaeologists hope to discover more fossils and conduct new research to provide context for the plants, insects and animals discovered over a decade ago. I'm going to notice how many errors of things we're going to find out there. It's going to be pretty major. Researchers from the first dig will return to consult on the second one. For NPR News, I'm Reagan Merz and Aspen, Colorado. The National Association of Realtors reports existing home sales in August sold that there's slowest annual pace in more than a year. It's NPR News. This week on Here and Now, Anytime, 25 years after 9-11, we asked you how your life changed. I did not appreciate that day how much September 11th would come to shape my adult life. We also talk about the long shadow of Islamophobia still hanging over the country. Listen to Here and Now Anytime on the NPR app or anywhere you listen to podcasts.