NPR News: 08-01-2026 9AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm.
Which primaries are being held today and why does Michigan matter?
Five states hold primary elections on Tuesday, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington. Nowhere is the debate over the future of the Democratic Party more intense right now than in Michigan, where early voting is underway in the primary for a critical U.S. Senate seat. The race pits a progressive insurgent against a four-term congresswoman. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
The race between former public health official Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens has become so fraught in part because it's seen as a proxy for so many debates roiling the party now. Insider versus outsider, farther left versus moderate, new media versus old. Alyssa Diebold, chair of the Macomb County Democrats, says she's hearing a common theme from voters.
People are pissed.
How is the Michigan Senate primary framing the Democratic Party debate?
People are fed up. It's not working. This is not working for the majority of people. Gas is expensive. Groceries are expensive. Health care is insane.
Democrats see holding on to this Michigan Senate seat as essential to retaking the chamber this fall. Whoever wins Tuesday will face Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Farmington Hills, Michigan.
President Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, has now begun selling an early access version of his posts to investment banks and other institutions. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the service has raised alarm among legal experts and former Wall Street regulators.
For $100,000 a month, Truth API offers an early feed of the president's Truth Social posts.
What are voters in Michigan saying about the economy and party leadership?
Since Trump regularly uses his social media site to make news about the economy and world affairs or hints at government policy, the posts can move the stock market. Former regulators with the Securities and Exchange Commission told NPR the service appears to violate insider trading laws against misusing government information for private gain. In response, a spokeswoman for Trump Media and Technology Group said the new product gives customers faster access to public information, saying critics have, quote, invented new theories of insider trading to attack the president. Government disclosures show Trump made more than $2 billion while in office last year. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
A blistering heat dome has settled in over large swaths of the southwest and central U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Chouinard says some areas will get some relief. but temperatures will remain high in other areas.
A cold front will move across the north, so that will cool off Montana and Wyoming as we head into Monday. But the heat will persist across the south, so we'll see well above normal temperatures from California to New Mexico, even Colorado. And then as we head through much of the week, it might modify a little bit, but the general idea of above normal temperatures and at least some heat risk continuing across a lot of the southwest.
In the Pacific Northwest, he says the heat may cause an elevated fire risk. This is NPR News in Washington. The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn. He had been charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool after it had undergone a $14 million renovation. Prosecutors say they now know that it was caused by botched installation and workers rushing to finish before Independence Day celebrations. Women are once again stepping up to the plate. Today, the new Women's Pro Baseball League plays its inaugural game. NPR's Amy Held reports all games will be played in Springfield, Illinois.
It's not women's first league of their own.
There's no crying in baseball!
Immortalized in the 1992 film about women who really did pitch in when men left to fight World War II.
Hey!
The hit movie helped inspire ladies league baseball in 1997. Low interest played a part ending both leagues. But recently, elite women's sports have exploded in popularity and revenue. And now the Women's Pro Baseball League is taking a crack at it. With 60 players across four teams, Rocky Henley manages and coaches the New York Heights and says it's a natural fit for fans of Major League Baseball.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
Which primaries are being held today and why does Michigan matter?
0:04–0:50
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How is the Michigan Senate primary framing the Democratic Party debate?
0:50–1:35
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What are voters in Michigan saying about the economy and party leadership?
1:35–5:04