Michelle Martin

That is NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Spratt. Barbara, thank you. Thank you.

That is NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Spratt. Barbara, thank you. Thank you.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Dupin, Roberta Ramson, Kelsey Snell, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Lily Quiroz. We get engineering support from Robert Rodriguez and David Greenberg, and our technical director is Zach Coleman, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Dupin, Roberta Ramson, Kelsey Snell, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Lily Quiroz. We get engineering support from Robert Rodriguez and David Greenberg, and our technical director is Zach Coleman, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Gigi Dupin, Roberta Ramson, Kelsey Snell, Jenea Williams, and Alice Wolfley. It was produced by Zia Budge, Nia Dumas, and Lily Quiroz. We get engineering support from Robert Rodriguez and David Greenberg, and our technical director is Zach Coleman, and we hope you'll join us again tomorrow.

Facebook and Instagram abandoned the use of fact-checkers tasked with keeping falsehoods off the sites.

Facebook and Instagram abandoned the use of fact-checkers tasked with keeping falsehoods off the sites.

Facebook and Instagram abandoned the use of fact-checkers tasked with keeping falsehoods off the sites.

I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. It's the season when people are hit by one winter virus after another.

I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. It's the season when people are hit by one winter virus after another.

I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. It's the season when people are hit by one winter virus after another.

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who once banned President-elect Donald Trump from Facebook for his role in the January 6th attack, now says he favors more free speech. And he's ending a fact-checking feature that was designed to slow down the spread of false information. Meta's move comes as Republicans on their way into power talk of a crackdown on tech companies.

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who once banned President-elect Donald Trump from Facebook for his role in the January 6th attack, now says he favors more free speech. And he's ending a fact-checking feature that was designed to slow down the spread of false information. Meta's move comes as Republicans on their way into power talk of a crackdown on tech companies.

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who once banned President-elect Donald Trump from Facebook for his role in the January 6th attack, now says he favors more free speech. And he's ending a fact-checking feature that was designed to slow down the spread of false information. Meta's move comes as Republicans on their way into power talk of a crackdown on tech companies.

The winter holidays are behind us.

The winter holidays are behind us.

The winter holidays are behind us.

NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Rob.

NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Rob.

NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now to tell us more. Good morning, Rob.