Michelle Martin

And I wanted to play a little bit of his acceptance speech, which he gave in Oslo in December of that year, because it really does sum up who he was not just as a leader, but as a human being.

And I wanted to play a little bit of his acceptance speech, which he gave in Oslo in December of that year, because it really does sum up who he was not just as a leader, but as a human being.

Jimmy Carter once said the best thing he ever did was to marry his wife, Rosalyn. Carter will be buried at home by the willow tree right next to Rosalyn in his beloved town of Plains, Georgia. Thank you so much to NPR's Don Gagne for helping us remember Jimmy Carter's legacy. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Dan Gurma and edited by Jenny Schmidt.

Jimmy Carter once said the best thing he ever did was to marry his wife, Rosalyn. Carter will be buried at home by the willow tree right next to Rosalyn in his beloved town of Plains, Georgia. Thank you so much to NPR's Don Gagne for helping us remember Jimmy Carter's legacy. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Dan Gurma and edited by Jenny Schmidt.

Jimmy Carter once said the best thing he ever did was to marry his wife, Rosalyn. Carter will be buried at home by the willow tree right next to Rosalyn in his beloved town of Plains, Georgia. Thank you so much to NPR's Don Gagne for helping us remember Jimmy Carter's legacy. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Dan Gurma and edited by Jenny Schmidt.

Thanks to the NPR News team for sharing audio for this episode. Our supervising producer is Leanna Simstrom and Irene Noguchi is our executive producer. I'm Rachel Martin. Up first, we'll be back tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

Thanks to the NPR News team for sharing audio for this episode. Our supervising producer is Leanna Simstrom and Irene Noguchi is our executive producer. I'm Rachel Martin. Up first, we'll be back tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

Thanks to the NPR News team for sharing audio for this episode. Our supervising producer is Leanna Simstrom and Irene Noguchi is our executive producer. I'm Rachel Martin. Up first, we'll be back tomorrow with all the news you need to start your week. Until then, have a great rest of your weekend.

I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is Up First from NPR News. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a single Ukrainian town. Ukraine's army has defended against superior numbers and swarms of drones. We will listen as one of those drones is shot down.

It's been a busy week, but that didn't get done, so let's review. Lawmakers were on track for a bipartisan bill to manage the next few months, While a new administration takes charge, it added disaster assistance, farm subsidies, and some money for health care programs. Then, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, demanded that Congress kill the deal.

President-elect Trump followed the lead of his close advisor, telling Republicans to turn against their plan. House Speaker Mike Johnson came up with a plan B, and that failed last night.

The city is called Pokrovsk. It's not very large, but it's a transportation hub and a coal mining center. An independent estimate finds Russia's army has sacrificed more than 3,000 soldiers, killed and wounded, trying to capture it, so far without success.

Yes, they've set up an interim government since Syria's military collapsed and President Bashar al-Assad fled. Many people celebrated Assad's defeat and then waited to see what the rebel group known as HTS would do differently. Their challenge is to govern a devastated country with many ethnic and religious groups.

I'm Steve Inskeep. And I'm Michelle Martin. We here at Up First give you the three big stories of the day. Our Consider This colleagues take a different approach. They dive into a single news story and what it means to you in just 15 minutes. Listen now on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

TikTok's American future is now up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. What does this mean for the tens of millions of TikTok users?

7,000 Syrian refugees have been living in a makeshift camp on the Jordanian border for the past nine years. Now, after the fall of the Assad regime, most of them want to go home, but what will wait for them there? And Pierce, Jane Araf is one of the first journalists to have visited the campsite.

And parents Bobby Allen is with us to talk about what this could mean. Good morning, Bobby.

So why is the Supreme Court stepping in?

So it's TikTok's argument that this ban violates Americans' free speech rights?

OK, so what could this mean for the tens of millions of Americans who use TikTok? I mean, some people use it every day.