NPR News Now
NPR News Now

NPR News: 04-01-2026 8PM EDT

2h ago4:40787 words
0:000:00

NPR News: 04-01-2026 8PM EDTTo manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage you...

Transcript

EN

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of President Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship

that includes some conservative justices who had tough questions for the Trump administration

during arguments today. Trump issued an order declaring children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or temporarily are not U.S. citizens, reversing more than a century of legal precedent as NPR's Dominican-Motano explains, "You had a majority of the Supreme Court's justices peppering the Solicitor General D. John Sauer with really skeptical questions about the

Trump administration's position about birthright citizenship. I'm going to be watching some of these justices for what they think specifically, you know, what their interpretation wants it being specifically on things like bloodline versus born in the country's soil," NPR's Dominican-Motano reporting, "President Trump is sent to address the nation about the Iran war in about an hour at 9 o'clock Eastern.

Earlier today, he said he would bomb Iran back to the stone ages. If it doesn't open up the Strait of Hormuz, yesterday he said he was ready to whine down the war." A crew of four is on a mission to circle the moon, as Central Florida Public Media's

Brendan Burn reports it's the first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years.

NASA's massive SLS rocket roared to life at 635 local time. It's twin solid rocket boosters and four engines cracking the air, and lifting the Orion spacecrafts on its crew into space under a fiery orange trail. They are embarking on a nearly 10-day mission that will slingshot the crew around the

moon and back, testing key systems of the Orion spacecraft.

It's the first time humans are flying the vehicle, which will take the crew farther into deep space than any other humans, though catching glimps at the far side of the moon during the journey, flying more than 5,000 miles above the lunar surface. The mission will end with a splash down in the Pacific Ocean, more than 400,000 people were estimated to visit Florida's space coast for the launch.

For NPR News, I'm Brendan Burn at the Kennedy Space Center. The FDA approved another obesity pill today, this one from drug maker Eli Lilly, NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports. Eli Lilly's new pill is called Fondale. Although this is the same company behind Zepbound, the Blockbuster injectable obesity medicine

and Eli Lilly decided not to take Zepbound to main ingredient and make it in pill form. Instead, the company developed a new ingredient, or for Glippron.

Daniel Skavronsky, the company's chief scientific and medical officer, says until now, all

of these GOP-1 drugs have been peptides, meaning they need to be taken as injections or as a pill with restrictions. Our goal here was to make something as simple as possible. That means we had to rely on more complicated science. Lilly hasn't announced a list, but it says people with commercial insurance could pay

as little as $25 a month. City Lupkin and Pair News. U.S. stocks largely rose today, this is NPR News. The lineup is complete for the men's soccer world cup this summer in North America, with 48 teams that's a largest world cup ever, four-time champion, Italy, missed out again for

the third straight world cup.

There are four newcomers, including Kurosau, the smallest nation by population ever to qualify. And Iran has qualified as it continues to be bombed by the U.S., which is one of the host countries. April 1st kicks off trout fishing season in New York State. This morning, anglers gathered in a small town in the Catskills known as trout town,

USA, Kimberley Eyesar with Member Station W.J.F. reports. Many zinger reels back his rod's fishing line, a junction pool in Roscoe, New York, where he's just made the first cast of trout fishing season. Roscoe is often considered the birthplace of U.S. drive fly fishing. Zinger, who is a renowned fly fisher, stands quietly along the waters, waiting for the

perfect moment to catch a fish. And hopefully later on, during the day, he's a fly hatch, and one that occurs it's lightning.

The state's environmental conservation department, stocks waters with 1.7 million trout

from mid-March until early June. For NPR News, I'm Kimberley Eyesar in Roscoe, New York. A real-life Las Vegas showgirl is suing Taylor Swift, saying the branding surrounding her album, "The Life of a Showgirl," knowingly stepped on her trademark. Our in-way began writing a newspaper column called Confessions of a Showgirl in 2014 and turned

into a live touring show, the suit seeks to block Swift from using the brand and financial damages. This is NPR News from Washington.

Compare and Explore