NPR News Now - NPR News: 09-10-2026 2AM EDT

Episode Date: September 10, 2026

NPR News: 09-10-2026 2AM EDTSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR news, I'm Charles Snyder. President Trump is suggesting his straight of Hormuz should be renamed after him. The Hormone Street. I think we should call the Hormone Strait. We should call it the Trump Strait. I should get something out of it. The Trump Strait. President Trump speaking Wednesday night at the first ever Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. He spoke at length about the Iran War, arguing that after it's over, Americans will see prices at the pump come down. But he said the war will not end before the November

election. Trump also offered what he called a Trump dividend, a $5,000 cash payment to every adult citizen at the Republican Party maintains control of Congress. He did not provide details about the legality of such a payment or where the money would come from. Earlier in the evening, Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Federman raised eyebrows. He appeared at the GOP convention in a short video standing in front of a steel mill. fueling fears that he may switch parties. But in a statement, reported by multiple news organizations, Federman said he will remain a Democrat should the Senate flip in November. Newly released text messages from Elon Musk show the billionaire bragging about using lasers from space to elect Donald Trump

president in 2024. And here's Bobby Allen reports a question-raising remark comes as must spends millions on November's midterms. Director Alex Gibney's forthcoming documentary Musk reveals text messages between the tech mogul and his ex, Ashley St. Clair, a former MAGA influencer. The messages which NPR has obtained and authenticated are perplexing. In them, Musk says he is feeling newly confident just before the November presidential election, and he writes, it's because he plans to, quote, unleash the anomaly in the matrix. When pressed for clarity, Musk writes that he has 10,000 lasers in space, an apparent reference to his satellite company. A Musk representative declined to comment, but the techs have spurred theory.

and speculation about its meaning and Musk's intentions. Musk has expected to spend $100 million on key House and Senate races in November. Bobby Allen and PR News. One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday warned that the plane was coming in too fast. That's according to a summary of the cockpit voice recording released late Wednesday as St. Pierrestrol Rose reports. For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane warned the other that they were going too fast as they approached the runway. in Miami. The other pilot never gave a, quote, consistent verbal response to the warnings, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, which released a summary of the cockpit voice

recordings. Those recordings also captured a series of automated warnings from the plane that suggests the descent was not stabilized. The plane touched down awkwardly and then briefly tried to take off again before barreling past the end of the runway and crashing into two vehicles on the ground. Five people were killed and five more were injured. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR News. Search and rescue operations are ongoing after a ferry caught fire and waters out the Philippines western Palawan Island. Authorities say five people are dead. The Philippine Coast Guard says more than 40 people have been rescued, but that dozens remain unaccounted for.

Drinking very hot beverages regularly could raise a risk of developing esophageal cancer. And Piers Maria Godoy reports on a large new study of near. a million people in the UK. The study followed tea and coffee drinkers over 14 years. The researchers found that people who regularly drink very hot beverages had three times the risk of esophageal cancer compared to those who sip their drinks warm. The findings are in line with prior studies in Asia, South America, and the Middle East.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies drinks hotter than 149 degrees Fahrenheit as probably carcinogenic to humans. Drinking very hot liquids can damage the cells lining the esophagus, and repeated injuries can raise the risk of cancer over time. Experts say it's best to let hot drinks cool for a few minutes before taking a sip. The findings appear in the International Journal of Cancer. Maria Godoy and PR News.

The NFL's Buffalo Bills planning to make a goodwill gesture amid the U.S.-Canada trade war to mark the season opener next week. The bill's announced on social media that both the American and Canadian National Anthem. would be presented. The bills say the Canadian rock band Bear Naked Ladies will perform O Canada and Hawaii actress and singer Ali Iqarval of Moana fame will sing the stars pangled banner. This is NPR News.