Corva Coleman

It's Bishop Ronald Hicks, currently serving Joliet, Illinois.

Like Pope Leo, Hicks was also born in Chicago.

He'll succeed the retiring New York City Archbishop Timothy Dolan.

New York is one of the largest Catholic archdioceses in the country.

The Senate has confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new head of NASA.

NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports Isaacman is taking charge of the agency at a critical time.

The private space company Blue Origin is set to launch a crewed rocket into space this morning from southern Texas.

One of the crew is a German aerospace engineer.

Michaela Benthaus is with the European Space Agency.

She's also set to become the first wheelchair user to fly into space.

I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

President Trump delivered a primetime address last night.

He sought to talk about his efforts to support the economy.

But he spoke as new polling finds Trump's approval rating has fallen below 40 percent with voters.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.

The Senate has passed the $900 billion defense policy bill and sent it to President Trump.

It also requires Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to release unedited video of a deadly September boat strike or lose his travel budget.

This comes as the Pentagon announced a fresh strike on an alleged drug boat yesterday.

It says four men aboard were killed.