NPR News: 08-07-2026 5AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Authorities in Thailand say at least six people have been killed in a shooting at a high school near the Capitol.
What happened in the Thailand high‑school shooting reported by NPR?
More than a dozen others were wounded. As Michael Sullivan reports, police say the attack was carried out by a student.
The incident occurred at the Tipserine Nantaburi School, not far from Bangkok. Police say the suspected shooter was a student at the school. Who allegedly opened fire with a handgun before barricading himself on the third floor, where police say he eventually turned the gun on himself. The dead include several students and teachers at the school. One eighteen year old student told the Reuters news agency he initially thought there were firecrackers going off.
How is President Trump’s proposed Strait of Hormuz shipping deal affecting U.S. foreign policy?
I didn't think it was a gun at first, he said. There were many shots, then it went quiet, then it started again. The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiangrai.
What are the details of the Trump‑ordered changes to mail‑in voting and the legal challenges they face?
President Trump says an agreement to allow commercial ship traffic to pass through the Strait of Hormuz has still not been finalized. Iran's foreign ministry has indicated talks with Oman are in their last stages.
Limiting voting by mail in the upcoming November midterm elections. NPR's Hanzi Lo Wong says the president's order is also under review at the US Supreme Court.
So far, President Trump's order has not directly affected mail-in voting. It calls for the U.S. Postal Service to get lists of eligible voters from states and deliver mail-in balance only to people on those lists.
Why did incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles lose the Tennessee GOP primary and who will run in the general election?
USPS's financial supporter of NPR. A federal judge in Boston found Trump's directives overstep a president's authority under the Constitution.
Meanwhile, the same judge in Boston is considering a request from voting rights groups to block USPS from moving ahead with Trump's order in the states that didn't sue.
Republican Congressman Andy Ogles of Tennessee lost his GOP primary yesterday. The state's former agriculture commissioner, Charlie Hatcher, defeated Ogles, who was endorsed by President Trump. Hatcher will face Democrat and Columbia Mayor Chaz Mulder in November. In the state's gubernatorial primaries, Senator Marcia Blackburn won the Republican nomination.
What is the scope of the New Mexico judge’s $567 million Meta abatement fund order?
She will face Memphis City Councilwoman Jerry Green, who won the Democratic gubernatorial primary. The latest U.S. employment numbers are due out this morning from the Labor Department. Economists are forecasting a modest uptick in job growth for the month of July after a sluggish pace of hiring in June. This is NPR News. The Justice Department says Duke University's law school has been unlawfully considering race as a factor in its admissions process. Assistant Attorney General Harmite Dillon with the DOJ's Civil Rights Division accuses Duke of discriminating against applicants by using essay questions to identify preferred races for admission to its law school. The university says it's committed to following the law and is reviewing the DOJ's letter.
A judge in New Mexico was ordering Meta to pay five hundred sixty seven million dollars into a fund to help address harms from the company's social media platforms. This is in addition to three hundred seventy five million Meta was ordered to pay previously for having violated the state's unfair practices act earlier this year. NPR's John Rewich has more.
New Mexico is one of dozens of states suing Meta over child safety, and a jury in March found that the company had violated the state's consumer protection laws. In a fresh order, the judge ordered Meta to put five hundred sixty-seven million dollars into a so-called abatement fund. The fund will be used to abate the public nuisance that Meta created with its social media platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram. The order said the court decided such a fund was necessary due to the wide ranging impacts of the harm and the complex nature of the remedy. Meta says it disagrees with the ruling and will appeal. Later this month, another landmark trial against Meta by a group of states gets underway in California.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:12
2
What happened in the Thailand high‑school shooting reported by NPR?
0:12–0:48
3
How is President Trump’s proposed Strait of Hormuz shipping deal affecting U.S. foreign policy?
0:48–1:01
4
What are the details of the Trump‑ordered changes to mail‑in voting and the legal challenges they face?
1:01–1:42
5
Why did incumbent Rep. Andy Ogles lose the Tennessee GOP primary and who will run in the general election?
1:42–2:37
6
What is the scope of the New Mexico judge’s $567 million Meta abatement fund order?
2:37–4:28
7
How might Abdul El‑Sayyed’s Michigan Senate primary win influence the upcoming midterm elections?
4:28–5:03