NPR News: 09-08-2026 8AM EDT
Summary
This episode covers a Trump-backed super PAC’s first $10 million spending in the Texas Senate race, alongside a federal judge’s block on USPS restrictions for mail-in ballots. News also includes the recovery of flight recorders from an Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami and new PISA results showing U.S. students outperforming most peers in science and reading. The segment concludes with the start of jury selection in the federal racketeering trial against Huawei.
Topics discussed
Sponsor: Mattress Firm and Canada's new US tariffs
Christia Freeland on USMCA and protecting blue-collar jobs
Trump-backed Super PAC spends in Texas Senate race
New Hampshire primaries and USPS mail-in voting restrictions
Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami and data recovery
2025 PISA results for US students in science and reading
Jury selection begins in Huawei federal racketeering trial
Sponsor: Schwab investing services
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