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Apple News Today
Join Shumita Basu every weekday morning as she guides you through some of the most fascinating stories in the news — and how the world’s best journalists are covering them.
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Apple News TodayThe hidden culprit behind your rising electricity bills
More universities are beginning to engage with the Trump administration on settlements and other agreements. Liam Knox of Bloomberg News joins to discuss how…
Apple News TodayHow Trump’s Texas power grab could change voting nationwide
The Texas governor is in a political showdown with Democrats. Lawmakers have fled the state to derail a redistricting vote that would could hand the GOP more…
Apple News TodayHow Trump firing a data chief threatens jobs-stats credibility
Trump fired a key official after she delivered some bad news about jobs numbers. Courtenay Brown with Axios explains what that means for the credibility of…
Apple News TodayHow Trump is using tariffs to help a political ally
Trump unveiled a new set of tariffs across the globe as his deadline arrived. Manuela Andreoni from Reuters explains why he hopes higher duties on Brazil and…
Apple News TodayWhy we don’t actually know much about Trump’s trade deals
As President Trump touts trade deals ahead his Friday tariff deadline, Politico’s Daniel Desrochers reports that a lot of the details remain murky. Washington…
Apple News TodayTsunami waves reach U.S. after Russian earthquake. What to know.
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s east coast, setting off tsunami warnings in the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere. Reuters…
Apple News TodayInside the IRS’s plans to share highly confidential taxpayer data with ICE
According to a ProPublica report, the IRS is building a system that would share taxpayer data with ICE. Investigative reporter William Turton explains his…
Apple News TodayWhat millions of student-loan borrowers need to know this week
Photos of emaciated, starving Palestinians have drawn international condemnation of Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza. NBC reports. Over the weekend…
Apple News TodayWhat the numbers reveal about Trump’s mass-deportation plan
The Guardian looks at how Trump’s goal to deport 1 million people in his first year in office stands, six months into his term. The paper’s Will…
Apple News TodayThree new developments in the Epstein saga to know about
Trump was briefed in May that his name was among many cited in the files relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to reports from the Wall Street…
Apple News TodayThe unspoken threat in Trump’s Wall Street Journal lawsuit
Trump sued the Wall Street Journal over its report that he wrote a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s an unprecedented move for a sitting president, and…
Apple News TodayThey wrote Project 2025. Now they’re dictating some U.S. policy.
Six months in, how have the Trump administration’s actions aligned with Project 2025’s plan? The Atlantic’s David Graham joins the show to assess…
Apple News TodaySix months in, how do Americans grade Trump?
Six months into Trump’s second term in office, a CNN poll finds that a majority of Americans disapprove of the administration’s deportation…
Apple News TodayWhy some of Trump’s big Supreme Court wins remain a mystery
The House approved Trump’s plans to claw back $8 billion in approved funding for foreign aid. Experts told NPR the administration has provided little to…
Apple News TodayFrom Elmo to emergency alerts: The impact of public media cuts
The Senate just passed a bill that would cut more than $1.1 billion in previously allocated federal funds for public media. The Wall Street Journal reports…
Apple News TodayWhy Congress might claw back money it already approved
The Senate voted to advance legislation that would claw back over $9 billion dollars for foreign aid and public media that both chambers of Congress, and…
Apple News TodayBugs, heat, broken toilets: life inside “Alligator Alcatraz”
New reporting from the Miami Herald reveals that a significant portion of detainees held at an immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades do not…
Apple News TodayHow the Secret Service failed to prevent the Trump shooting
It’s one year since the assassination attempt against Trump, and a damning Senate committee report just described the event as a “preventable…
Apple News TodayICE agents are hiding their faces during raids. Is that legal?
Trump is expected to visit Texas today, amid longer-term questions over the future of FEMA. Zack Colman from Politico takes us through them. The president has…
Apple News TodayTrump’s birthright citizenship ban was blocked again. What to know.
A federal judge issued a new, temporary nationwide block on Trump’s birthright citizenship ban. Tom Hals of Reuters told us about the plaintiffs’ legal…
Apple News TodayTrump promised 90 tariff deals in 90 days. We’ve got two. What happened?
Trump extended his deadline for countries to make tariff deals, and sent a host of letters threatening new measures. Brian Schwartz at the Wall Street Journal…
Apple News TodayStories of survival and loss after the Texas floods
The death toll from the Texas floods climbed above 100, as stories of tragedy and heroics continue to emerge. Keri Heath at the Austin American-Statesman gives…
Apple News TodayTragedy in Texas: how flash flooding devastated a county
Catastrophic flooding in Texas killed at least 80 people, and more rainfall is expected. The Texas Tribune has the latest. Congressional Republicans passed a…
Apple News TodayWhat to know about the government’s new database to track citizens
The Trump administration is building a national citizenship-data system. NPR’s Jude Joffe-Block joins to discuss her exclusive reporting behind the…
Apple News TodayInside the GOP’s unprecedented move to claim tax-cut extensions are free
Senate Republicans are racing to get their sprawling bill to the House. The Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin joins to explain the financial maneuver…
Apple News TodayHow Medicaid work requirements have failed before
Republicans are grappling with their big tax-and-spending bill, which the independent Congressional Budget Office estimates will add $3.3 trillion to the…
Apple News TodayTough, principled, and kind — the legacy of a slain Minnesota lawmaker
Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman — along with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert — will lie in the Minnesota state Capitol…
Apple News TodayWhy it’s been so hot in June, and when to bring the kids inside
Israel tasked private contractors with distributing aid in Gaza. Nabih Bulos with the Los Angeles Times explains how those sites have descended into chaos…
Apple News TodayHow a 33-year-old progressive pulled off a huge political victory in New York
The Iran-Israel ceasefire is tentatively holding, as questions emerge over the scale of Iran’s nuclear setbacks. Reuters reports. Megan Messerly at…
Apple News TodayTrump accuses Israel and Iran of violating ceasefire
Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but has now accused both countries of violating it. Reuters has the latest. What to know about New York…
Apple News TodayThree big questions after the U.S. strikes on Iran
Following the U.S.’s strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, there are major questions in the days ahead. CNN reports on the members of Congress who were informed…
Apple News TodayHow lawmakers are responding to rising political threats
In a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, the Supreme Court determined a Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors is…
Apple News TodayWhat Iranians and Israelis think about their warring leaders
As Iran and Israel trade missiles, The Economist explores how citizens might respond to their leaders’ actions. The suspect in the Minnesota killings is…
Apple News TodaySuspect found as Minnesota mourns killing of “irreplaceable” politician
The suspect has been found in the Minnesota killings of a lawmaker and her husband. The Minnesota Star Tribune has the details. Israel and Iran intensified…
Apple News TodayWhat to know about Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program
CBS reports on Israel’s strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. Bloomberg has more details of the Air India crash — and the remarkable story of the sole person on…
Apple News TodayThe damage that “less lethal” police weapons can really do
What to know about a fatal Boeing crash in India that killed more than 200 people. As protests continue in L.A. and elsewhere over immigration raids, Reuters…
Apple News TodayInside the White House’s detention strategy
An L.A. curfew was implemented amid protests against ICE raids there. Elizabeth Findell from the Wall Street Journal looks at the marching orders from the…
Apple News TodayRFK Jr. ousts his entire vaccine advisory group
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent Marines into Los Angeles, and California’s governor sued Trump. CalMatters’s Nigel Duara has been following events in…
Apple News TodayWhat to know about the L.A. protests over immigration raids
It was a weekend of unrest in L.A. as protesters demonstrating against immigration raids and ICE agents collided. President Trump sent in the National Guard…
Apple News TodayWhat to know about Trump and Musk’s epic breakup
Trump and Elon Musk attacked each other on social media in an extraordinary public fight. Politico has the blow-by-blow. Afghanistan has a complex set of…
Apple News TodayHow Trump’s travel ban expands on his first-term efforts
Trump announced a new travel ban. The Wall Street Journal breaks it down. As Canada’s wildfires continue to rage, dangerous air is sweeping across the…
Apple News TodayMusk rages at GOP as he returns to an uncertain business empire
Elon Musk attacks “abomination” GOP bill. As he leaves government, he returns to an uncertain future for Tesla, as the Wall Street Journal’s…
Apple News TodayInside the unlikely alliance to make childbirth free in the U.S.
There is unlikely bipartisan support in Congress around an effort to make childbirth free in America. Vox’s Rachel Cohen discusses the plan and how it…
Apple News TodayMarchers for Israeli hostages attacked in Colorado. Here’s what to know.
A man in Colorado has been arrested after setting fire to people marching for the release of Israeli hostages. The FBI are treating it as a terror attack. The…
Apple News TodayElon Musk’s legacy on the federal workforce
Elon Musk has left the government building, but DOGE remains. The Washington Post’s William Wan reports on what he learned speaking to federal-government…
Apple News TodayWhy a court just struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs
A court struck down the bulk of Trump’s tariffs, in a major setback to his economic agenda. Bloomberg has the latest. Harvard has its universitywide…
Apple News TodayThe deals pushing the Trump family’s wealth to new heights
Trump’s family empire is dramatically expanding its wealth during his presidency. Bloomberg News’s Max Abelson joins to discuss the deals that are…
Apple News TodayTrump says Putin has gone “CRAZY.” What next for the war in Ukraine?
Trump said in a social-media post that Putin has “gone absolutely CRAZY,” after Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine. Reuters reports. Police in New Orleans…
Apple News TodayExplaining Trump’s latest move against Harvard
The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students. Reuters breaks down the impact of the move. Trump held a…
Apple News TodayUpdate: Two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed in D.C. What to know.
Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy were shot and killed outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last night. The man and woman…
Apple News TodayA brain-dead pregnant woman is being kept alive, raising ethical questions
A pregnant woman in Georgia is being kept alive as a hospital navigates the state’s abortion laws. The family is speaking out. The Guardian has the…
Apple News TodayThe GOP’s tug-of-war over spending cuts
Mark Chiusano writes for New York magazine about a mother who took her sons to a routine ICE check-in. They were scheduled for deportation and she hasn’t…
Apple News TodayJoe Biden has prostate cancer. Here is what we know.
Former President Joe Biden announced that he has prostate cancer. CNN has the latest news and reaction. Israel agreed to allow a basic amount of aid into Gaza…
Apple News TodayThe winners and losers of the GOP tax bill
A look at where things are on the GOP’s tax bill, and who stands to benefit and lose. Tax-policy reporter Richard Rubin with the Wall Street Journal has the…
Apple News TodayWhat the Supreme Court's birthright-citizenship case is really about
A case before the Supreme Court about birthright citizenship could have larger ramifications for the limits of judicial power. Maureen Groppe with USA Today…
Apple News TodayWhy “self-defense” insurance is becoming big business
The Trump administration is resettling white South Africans in the U.S. The Washington Post’s Teo Armus has the story. With ceasefire talks set to begin…
Apple News TodayProperty, golf, and crypto: the Trump family strikes deals in the Middle East
President Trump is making the first extended foreign trip of his term in the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal’s Eliot Brown discusses how parts of…
Apple News TodayThe U.S. and China agree to cut tariffs for 90 days. What to know.
The U.S. and China reached an agreement to temporarily lower tariffs on each other’s products. After another radar outage affecting Newark airport, the…
Apple News TodayAny day now, an old Soviet spacecraft will crash-land on Earth
It’s a busy month for college graduations. USA Today’s Rachel Barber joins to discuss what graduates are looking for in the job market and how…
Apple News TodayPeople are noticing “recession signs” everywhere. What does the data say?
Fed Chair Jerome Powell held interest rates steady on Wednesday, and said the economic path ahead is unclear. The Washington Post reports on how economists are…