NPR News Now - NPR News: 11-06-2025 4AM EST

Episode Date: November 6, 2025

NPR News: 11-06-2025 4AM ESTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments over President Trump's authority to impose sweeping tariffs without input from Congress. Three conservatives on the court questioned whether Trump can use an emergency law to set and change import taxes. Here's Justice Neogorsuch. Congress is a practical matter. Can't get this power back once it's handed it over. The president's a one-way ratchet toward the... gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people's elected representatives. Justice John Roberts says the Trump taxes, Trump terrorists impose taxes on

American citizens, which is the constitutional duty of Congress. The case is seen as a major test of Trump's political agenda. Millions of government contractors are caught up in the ongoing shutdown. Unlike federal workers, they are not guaranteed back pay when it's over. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports that industry leaders are warning that small companies are running out of money. About 4 million people work for companies that contract with the federal government. Stephanie Sanek Castro of the Professional Services Council says not all are furloughed, but many are feeling the strain. Currently, none of the government contractors will receive back pay due to the shutdown. Federal law was passed to compensate federal employees. There is no similar legislation providing back pay,

compensation to federal contractors. Castro says the hardest hit sectors are civilian agencies like health and human services, where projects are stalled and small firms are burning through savings. Economists say losses from the shutdown in 2019 topped $3 billion. Windsor Johnston and PR News, Washington. Beginning Friday, the FAA plans to reduce air traffic by 10% at 40 busy airports if the shutdown drags on. FAA administrator Brian Bedford says the agency will not wait for a crisis before taking action. President Trump is renominating billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman to head NASA. NPR's now Greenfield voice has more.

Jared Isaacman is a wealthy entrepreneur who's been to space twice in capsules operated by SpaceX, the company run by Elon Musk. Isaacman is the first private citizen to ever go on a spacewalk. When President Trump previously withdrew Isaacman's nomination, He said at the time he had concerns about Isaacman's political leanings. Now, though, in a social media post, President Trump has announced Isaacman is his choice to be the head of NASA, making no reference to the first nomination. The Senate must confirm Isaacman, whose nomination comes as NASA and its contractor SpaceX, are facing delays in their efforts to return humans to the moon. Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.

U.S. futures are lower in after-hours trading. This is NPR. A federal judge is giving immigration and customs enforcement officials two weeks to make improvements at a detention facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview. ICE must provide clean bedding mats, soap, towel, and other hygiene essentials for migrant detainees. The temporary order also requires twice daily cleanings.

Google enforcement. Fortnite Maker Epic Games are seeking court approval of their settlement in a long-running dispute over the search giant's App Store. The tales from NPR's John Rewitch. Epic Games sued Google five years ago, arguing that Google's Play Store for apps on Android devices was a monopoly with high fees. Epic won in 2023, and a judge later said Google must allow other app stores on Android, but Google appealed late last year and the case has dragged on. Now, Google and Epic say they've agreed to a set of changes to Android and Google Play. Google says they focus on expanding developer choice and flexibility, lowering fees, and encouraging more competition while keeping users safe. If approved, the settlement ends one of several cases

that Google faces challenging its dominance over swaths of the Internet. Google is a financial supporter of NPR. John Rewich, NPR News. The Central Philippines is under a state of emergency declaration as cleanup from a deadly storm gets underway. Typhoon CalMegi has left at least 114 people dead and more than 120 others missing. Thousands more have been displaced. Flash flooding and mudslides have inundated whole towns in heavily populated Cebu province, an area still recovering from a major earthquake in September. The storm is now heading towards Vietnam. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions

customers and visit wise.com. T's and Cs apply.