NPR News: 07-28-2026 12AM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers historic wildfires in France and Spain, exacerbated by heat waves and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. It also reports on President Trump’s visit to Michigan and his defense of tariffs, alongside a legal petition from Brian Koberger regarding the Idaho college murders. Additional stories include a Seattle shooting manhunt, a Supreme Court request on mail-in voting restrictions, and the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Topics discussed
Macron visits firefighters amid historic heat wave and fires in France
Trump defends tariffs at GM facility in Michigan
Idaho student killer files petition to withdraw guilty plea
Manhunt for third suspect in Seattle food festival shooting
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to uphold mail-in voting restrictions
Sudan's army retakes key highway amid brutal civil war and humanitarian crisis
Oil prices ease after U.S. pauses strikes on Iran
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