NPR News: 09-10-2026 9AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corvo Coleman, Missouri Secretary of State will appear before the Missouri Supreme Court today. The state judges are deciding whether Denny Hoskins should be held in contempt of court over the state's congressional redistricting battle. There have been different court opinions handed down that favor Missouri's old congressional map or a new one that could favor Republican candidates. Despite Lewis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum explains, the Secretary of State has told state election officials to use the map that favors the GOP. It's a court battle right now between state and federal judges, and redistricting opponents have appealed to the US Supreme Court. And the US Supreme Court has already refused to weigh in once that with the state Supreme Court ruling, the one that tossed out the GOP-leaning map. Meanwhile, election officials don't know which congressional district's voters should be in for the November election. Jason Rosenbaum reporting, President Trump is promising to give each American adult $5,000

1:06if Republicans win control of Congress again in the midterm elections. He made the surprise offer last night while speaking at the Republicans' midterm convention in Dallas. But his offer of money is drawing a lot of criticism. David Wessel is the director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, a center left leaning think tank. President Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult would cost $1.2 trillion. This is impractical, imprudent, and impossible to imagine actually happening. Of course, 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. This is all showmanship and basically an attempt to try and bribe people into voting Republican in November, and then people will learn that the President can't make good on this promise. That's David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

2:09Record high fuel prices are driving up shipping costs and PR's got hoarsely 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's selling for nearly $8 a gallon. These run in 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. The cost of refining oil into diesel fuel is also at record levels. And PR's got hoarsely. It's NPR. The U.S. military says it has conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command says three people suspected of drug trafficking were killed.

3:14The Trump administration has killed more than 225 people in this way in the past year. This has been the hottest summer in the United States in more than a century, and PR's Lauren Summer has more. It's not your imagination. This summer was hot. In the U.S. it was the hottest summer in 132 years of record keeping in the lower 48 states. August was also the hottest August on record for both average temperature and maximum temperature. That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Globally, August was also the hottest month ever recorded, tying with July of 2023. It was about three degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The plan is looking at potentially a hot year ahead, too. A very strong El Nino climate pattern is developing, which raises temperatures globally. Lauren Summer and PR News. A woman who once volunteered to work with late labor leader, says Archivus, is now suing

4:15two non-profit associations tied to him. The lawsuit claims Chavez sexually assaulted the woman decades ago. The lawsuit was filed after the New York Times published its investigation earlier this year into other sexual assault allegations against Chavez. Another labor leader who had chosen to rather accuse him of sexual assault is Deloitte Sverta. This is NPR. Hey, it's Ray from Cartog. You tied up all the depth and thoughtful care that goes into NPR shows. Want some good old-fashioned goofing around and stumbling to figure out what's going on? Well, I've been taking occasional car questions again. You can hear them by signing up for NPR Plus, along with lots of other bonus content. Just go to plus.npr.org.