NPR News: 09-25-2026 8PM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers the Trump administration's controversial taxpayer-funded TV ads and rising U.S. military casualties in the Iran conflict. It also reports on the Supreme Court allowing states to use the SAVE program for voter eligibility checks and new polls highlighting mixed public sentiment regarding AI risks. Additionally, the broadcast details impending flooding in Hawaii from Hurricane Nolo, a major Volkswagen recall, a legal victory for a Jewish charter school in Oklahoma, and the failed robotic rescue of NASA's Swift Observatory.
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White House taxpayer-funded TV ads controversy
Rising casualties and strain in the Iran war
Supreme Court allows SAVE program for voter checks
New polls on public sentiment regarding AI
Hurricane Nolo threat to Hawaii's Big Island
Volkswagen recalls 2.86 million vehicles
Oklahoma judge rules for Jewish charter school
NASA Swift Observatory salvage mission ends
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