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NPR News: 05-01-2026 3AM EDT

01 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is President Trump's stance on gas prices amid the Iran war?

1.01 - 11.313 Giles Snyder

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is expressing confidence that prices at the pump will drop once the Iran war comes to an end.

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The gas will go down. As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like a rock. There's so much of it. It's all over the place, sitting all over the oceans of the world.

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20.213 - 41.715 Giles Snyder

Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office Thursday. The AAA Motor Club says gas prices have climbed 27 cents in one week, with the national average now around $4.30 for a gallon of regular. And with the Strait of Hormuz still closed, the price of Brent crude is currently around $114 per barrel.

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President Trump has signed a bill ending the record-long shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. The measure excludes money for ICE and parts of Border Patrol. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports it caps two and a half months of bitter debate over deportation and immigration enforcement tactics that resulted in the deaths of two people in Minneapolis.

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61.085 - 80.071 Sam Greenglass

Funding for DHS was first caught up in debate between Republicans and Democrats over funding for two of its agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Senate Republicans struck a deal with Democrats, blessed by the White House to separate ICE and Border Patrol. so funding could flow again to other agencies like TSA and the Coast Guard.

80.472 - 101.837 Sam Greenglass

But when that measure reached the House, it sat for a month amid disagreements within the GOP. The House finally acted as money that Trump was using to keep paychecks flowing to many DHS workers was set to run out. Republicans are advancing a separate measure to fund ICE and Border Patrol using a maneuver Democrats can't block. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

101.957 - 121.99 Giles Snyder

Congress has agreed to a short-term extension of a key surveillance program. The House gave a 45-day extension final approval Thursday, sending it to President Trump's desk. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act had been set to expire today. It's now been extended through June 12th amid a dispute over a longer reauthorization.

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The Christian summer camp in Texas, where 25 campers and two counselors died during catastrophic flooding last July, will not reopen this summer. Kaylee Hunt from Member Station KUT reports.

135.588 - 152.247 Kaylee Hunt

Camp Mystic says it has withdrawn its application to renew its operating license for the 2026 summer camp season. The camp was previously notified by state health officials that its license to operate might not be renewed unless it made major revisions to its emergency plan.

Chapter 2: How did the recent bill affect the Department of Homeland Security?

247.731 - 268.989 Gabriela Emanuel

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry, found that rates of major depressive disorder were the highest in southern sub-Saharan Africa, at around 15% of postpartum women, and the lowest in high-income parts of Asia Pacific, dipping to just about 3%. Women in North America experienced rates between 4 and 5 percent.

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269.53 - 278.488 Gabriela Emanuel

Researchers say getting a global picture is a key step in targeting prevention screening and treatment programs. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.

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278.869 - 280.733 Giles Snyder

This is NPR News.

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This week on Up First, gas prices just jumped 30 cents per gallon in a single week. With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, the global energy shock is only getting deeper. Listen for overnight developments on Iran, plus primaries in Ohio and Indiana as midterm election season heats up. We'll have the very latest every morning on Up First. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

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