NPR News: 09-14-2026 10PM EDT
Summary
Former Senate leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol in a wheelchair after a three-month absence, casting his first vote since June. The report also covers the slow implementation of Medicaid drug price cuts under the Trump administration’s pharmaceutical deals and how NASA’s relocation of engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center has stalled critical space missions. Additionally, the episode details a new lawsuit by Texas landowners challenging border wall construction in Big Bend and a pact signed by UK regional leaders threatening to break up the United Kingdom.
Topics discussed
Mitch McConnell returns to Senate after recovery
Delays in Medicaid drug price cuts under new deals
NASA Goddard lab moves disrupt space missions
Major U.S. stock indexes fall
Trump agrees to ethics provisions for crypto bill
Texas landowners sue over border wall plans
UK leaders sign pact threatening union breakup
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