NPR News: 02-24-2026 6PM EST

Hey, it's Tanya Mosley, co-host of Fresh Air. Don't miss my interview with actor Kate Hudson. We talk about her music career, motherhood, and of course, her breakout role. Penny Lane, man. Show some respect. You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The White House says President Trump will use his State of the Union address tonight to argue he and the Republicans in control of Congress are best suited to continue tackling the public's concerns about the cost of living. But according to the latest NPR-PBS News Marist poll, most voters say the country is worse off than a year ago and the state of the union is not strong. Deanna Killen is a Republican from Texas. Honestly, I didn't think we could get worse than what it's been. But yeah, I don't feel we're improving at all. I feel like we're going in the opposite direction. And according to the group's poll from earlier this month, 65 percent of people in the U.S. say immigration enforcement has gone too far after federal agents killed two protesters in Minnesota. Karen Borman is a Democrat in New York. I'm glad the southern border is closed, but I don agree with the deportation policy ahead Several Democrats in Congress have said they skip Trump speech in protest U customs agents are collecting new global tariffs of 10 percent not the 15 percent tariffs the president had announced over the weekend. Farmers are scrambling to make sense of the tariffs just ahead of planting and harvesting some of spring's first crops. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King reports. In this field north of Pasco, Washington, are recently mown down asparagus ferns. The ground will be tilled up soon, readied for spring. Tariffs could really shift the domestic asparagus market. It has the potential to help the domestic industry in the short term, but it is disruptive to the marketplace. That's Alan Schreiber, who heads up the Washington Asparagus Commission. He says farmers might not have to ship crops far away if they're not competing with Peru and Mexico. But it's still not yet clear if the tariffs will stick. For NPR News, I'm Anna King. The House of Representatives today narrowly rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill written after a midair collision near Washington, D.C. that claimed 67 lives. NPR's Joel Rose reports the vote came a day after the Pentagon abruptly withdrew support for the bill. The Rotor Act as the bill is known would require wider use of a safety system known as ADS which can transmit an aircraft location The Senate approved the bill unanimously in December It also has wide support from families of the crash victims. But the Pentagon has reservations. After supporting the Rotor Act last year, the Pentagon said Monday that it could create, quote, unresolved budgetary burdens and operational security risks, unquote. Under House procedures, the Rotor Act needed a two-thirds majority to pass, but came up just short. More than 130 Republicans voted against it, including several powerful committee chairmen who are pushing their own bipartisan safety bill. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. The U.S. stock market rose today. The S&P 500 and Dow both climbed more than three quarters of a percent, and the Nasdaq gained one percent. This is NPR News. French President Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of the Louvre Museum's president, Laurence Descartes, had been under fire in the wake of an embarrassing heist of the French crown jewels. Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal more than $100 million worth of the Napoleonic-era jewels. The company that makes Ozempic and Wagovi says it will cut their prices by hundreds of dollars. NPR's Sydney Lupkin has more on the popular obesity and diabetes drugs The Danish drug company Novo Nordisk now charges more than a month for its blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wagovi That the list price the one that plays a role in which drugs insurers choose to cover and what the patient ultimately pays out of pocket at the pharmacy counter Starting in 2027, the list price for the drugs will drop to $675 for a month's supply. That's also when lower negotiated prices for Medicare kick in. The company already offers discounts for patients paying cash, but those prices aren't changing for now. Novo Nordisk's pricing announcement follows disappointing study results for its experimental new obesity drug, which caused its shares to drop 16% on Monday. Sydney Lepkin, NPR News. The tiny Norwegian soccer team of Bodo Glimt has pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history by knocking out Italian giant Inter Milan. The team from north of the Arctic Circle has produced one shock after another following wins against legendary teams like Manchester City and Atletico Madrid. Last month, Man City players refunded fans who traveled north to watch their team fall to the unlikely foe, calling the loss embarrassing. This is NPR News. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.