NPR News: 09-07-2026 9PM EDT
Summary
NPR News Now covers the start of the midterm election season, noting Democrats' motivation to flip Congress amid Trump's unpopularity. The report details a lawsuit challenging the administration's effort to compile federal voter lists, which a judge previously blocked. It also highlights stalled US-Canada trade talks, with Canada imposing retaliatory tariffs, and ongoing shuttle diplomacy in Ukraine as fighting persists. Finally, the episode marks the end of summer with a look at a Los Angeles school's tradition of older students welcoming kindergartners.
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Labor Day and the start of the midterm campaign
GOP convention and Democratic motivation for midterms
Lawsuit challenging federal voter list compilation
US envoy shuttle diplomacy in Russia and Ukraine
Continued fighting and drone strikes in Ukraine
US-Canada trade talks stall and retaliatory tariffs
Kindergartners welcomed by 5th graders in LA
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