National & International News from NPR

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FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a World Cup match between Netherlands and Morocco at Monterrey Stadium, in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 29, 2026.

Carl Recine

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Business & Economy

FIFA has a new plan to raise billions of dollars: Selling stakes in the World Cup

Rafael Nam

FIFA has a complex plan to sell chunks of its commercial rights to the World Cup to minority investors, including a firm run by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner.

As Spain battles wildfires, its politicians battle over climate change's role

Miguel Macias

Betye Saar at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in November 2025.

Frazer Harrison

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Education and Community Culture

Artist Betye Saar, who used repurposed objects to reclaim identity, has died at 99

Chloe Veltman

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori walks to the presidential palace after her inauguration in Lima, Peru, Tuesday.

Martin Mejia

Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru's president following a narrow election victory

The Associated Press

Jay Washington, 38, stands for a portrait at his residence in Athens, Ga., earlier this month. Washington would like to own a home, but after a cycle of underemployment, he's not sure whether he'll ever be able to.

Alyssa Pointer for NPR

Business & Economy

As many are priced out of buying, the renter-owner wealth gap is wider than ever

Jennifer Ludden

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Ukraine negotiator: 'We have the upper hand'

Joanna Kakissis

In an interview with NPR, one of Ukraine's top negotiators Sergiy Kyslytsya explains why Kyiv believes it now has the leverage to force Russia into serious negotiations.
Jim LoScalzo

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In a day of tributes, Lindsey Graham is remembered as a tireless Washington mainstay

Claudia Grisales, Barbara Sprunt

Lawmakers, foreign leaders and President Trump gathered Tuesday for the first of two days of funeral services for the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Yuki Iwamura/AP

Will the end of TPS mean a surge of deportations?

Here & Now Newsroom

Temporary Protected Status ended for Haitians and Syrians.
Alex Brandon/AP

Trump meets with Netanyahu as tension over Iran threatens to sour U.S.-Israeli relations

Here & Now Newsroom

President Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran hits the five-month milestone.

From All Things Considered

This photograph shows the building of a painting company destroyed by a wildfire in a business park in Biscarrosse, southwestern France, on July 28, 2026.

Philippe Lopez

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Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure

Photos: Spain and France battle record wildfires

NPR Staff

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as powerful wildfires sweep across Spain and France, revealing the growing scale of a climate crisis already reshaping the continent.

Public Safety and Social Justice

'Ricochet' explores how the right to bear arms expands -- while gun laws contract

Terry Gross

NPR

Education and Community Culture

Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist

Meghan Collins Sullivan

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A 7.1 quake hits Japan's Kyushu, trapping people in a collapsed shopping mall

The Associated Press

The quake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries.
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Trump to meet with Zelenskyy, Netanyahu. And, TPS holders could soon face deportation

Brittney Melton

President Trump is set to hold separate meetings with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are today. And, Temporary Protected Status holders may face deportation soon.
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AI tokens could become the kilowatt-hour of the AI age

Greg Rosalsky

AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.
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Yes, it's possible to save money while paying off credit card debt. Here's how

Clare Marie Schneider

In fact, experts recommend it because it can keep you off the hamster wheel of debt. Here's how to find the money in your budget to put toward savings and credit card payments.