Day: December 11, 2024

In today’s issue:   Trump wants friends, family in key posts Congress’s year-end funding sprint Supreme Court skeptical of environmental regulations Syrian rebels name interim prime minister Presid…

The leaders will discuss sending foreign troops to Ukraine after the war ends.

Local governor says fire extinguished after Ukraine claims attack on site that fuels pipeline for military supplies.

Urgency over alleged interference by the Russian Federation pushed Romanian judges to skip procedures and bypass transparency to save Romanian democracy, say experts.

A wildfire just northwest of Los Angeles forced evacuations, knocked out power and closed roads. The brush fire blaze, called the Franklin Fire spread overnight in Malibu near the Pacific Coast Highway that lies along the ocean out of LA https://t.co/O86FTlwB1C pic.twitter.com/T6uAHAo5Db

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 11, 2024

People in Syria are slowly settling in to a new reality. The fall of the Assad regime offers new opportunities, but also creates big challenges. NPR’s Ruth Sherlock is reporting from Damascus. The motive of the alleged gunman in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is still unclear. Police have been sifting through Luigi Mangione’s online history since his arrest to learn more about his ideology, and the proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons hangs in the balance. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter . Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Andrew Sussman, Emily Kopp, HJ Mai and Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Ben Abrams. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy