NPR News: 07-30-2026 11AM EDT
Summary
NPR News covers Russia’s deadly overnight drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, killing at least eight people. The episode also details the Trump administration’s new Medicaid work requirements, which may disenfranchise vulnerable populations like the homeless. Additionally, reports address FIFA’s controversial plan to sell World Cup rights to a Kushner-backed firm, sluggish US GDP growth, an FTC investigation into Shein, and a 150-year-old overdue library book found in Australia.
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Russia launches massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine
New Medicaid work requirements and exemptions
FIFA's controversial $20 billion World Cup subsidiary plan
US GDP growth slows in second quarter
Shein faces FTC investigation ahead of HK IPO
Book returned to Australian library 150 years late
NPR public media funding appeal
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