NPR News: 09-11-2026 7PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Several dozen presidential briefing documents have been declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. The documents detail intelligence gathered about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in the years leading up to the hijackings. The records trace CIA analysts evolving understanding of Al Qaeda and their efforts to warn of bin Laden's plotting of the attack. The CIA director John Ratcliffe says the release is an act of exceptional transparency. The documents include reports from February 1998 to September 12, 2001. The September 11th attacks led to the creation of a U.S. military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for suspected terrorists. NPR Sasha Fyfer has more on the 9-11 case, which still hasn't gone to trial. The military court was basically invented from scratch after the 9-11 attacks. This case could have been tried in U.S. federal court, and many people think if it had, it would be long over by now. Our federal courts have successfully prosecuted countless terrorism suspects who are now in

1:03U.S. prisons, but our government put the military court in Cuba because they said they wanted it to be beyond the reach of U.S. law. NPR Sasha Fyfer reporting Iran says it will attend a regional meeting of the foreign ministers of countries in the Persian Gulf. Iran says that eight countries will be represented to discuss issues around the street of Hormuz, which Iran has blockaded since the beginning of the war, and P.R. Sadeel Al-Shalchi reports. The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Bakhai announced that the meeting of foreign ministers will take place in Oman next week. He said the foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq, and other Arab states on the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be attending. He said that the meeting will address negotiations Iran and Oman have been part of to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the street of Hormuz. The Iranian blockade of the street has affected global oil supplies. U.S. diesel prices hit a new American high at an average of $6 a gallon this week. Hadil Al-Shalchi NPR News is dumbled.

2:03Swing voters in Michigan say they're worried about higher prices as President Trump ramps up tariffs on Canada. NPR's Ashley Lopez reports on two online focus groups this week with these voters. The focus groups consisted of 13 people in the battleground state of Michigan who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024. 11 of these swing voters, a sizeable majority, said they think this escalating trade war with Canada will be bad for Michigan, which shares a border with the country. P.J. was one of those voters. He participated under the condition his last name would not be used. Prices are going to go up. The more we put tariffs on stuff, the more they put tariffs on stuff, the lack of trade. Prices are just ultimately going to go up for all of us. These voters say affordability and high prices remain the key issue for them heading into this year's midterm elections. Ashley Lopez NPR News. Major U.S. stock index is rebounded today. This is NPR News. The Trump administration has provided a nearly $100 million loan to a U.S. owned cell

3:05network in Africa, Afro-Sell, to expand American tech presence on the continent. China's Huawei is a leading player in telecommunications infrastructure in Africa. The Trump administration raised national security concerns about Huawei. It faces a criminal racketeering trial in New York, which opened this week. Nintendo of America is using tariff refunds for a sale starting tomorrow. NPR's Stephen Bessaha reports that while companies have received more than $100 billion back, they've been reluctant to offer customers refunds. Nintendo says it will offer up to 30% off on some digital games and savings on other products like Close. The Japan-based company is facing a U.S. class action lawsuit from customers demanding direct refunds. Nintendo responded in court filing saying it does not have an obligation to offer refunds and customers paid those higher prices willingly. The company said in the sales announcement that it absorbed most of the tariff costs, but the refunds helped make this sale possible. Other companies like Walmart have also said they'll pass long-taire savings, not through

4:09custom refunds, but lower prices, though they haven't offered details yet. Stephen Bessaha and pure news. Emma Bonino, a prominent Italian politician known for her work with the Radical Party, has died at 78. Bonino rose to prominence in the 1970s by leading a campaign to legalize abortion in Italy, challenging the Vatican's objections. Her party described her life as a long struggle against forces that deny freedom. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This is Ira Glass. On this American life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, whose entire life took a sharp, unexpected, and very unpleasant term. And it did take me a while to realize that this basically becomes the monkey press the button. That's right, because the monkey pressed the button. Apprising stories every week, wherever you get your podcasts.