The Latest National Morning news brief The government shutdown enters its second week, FAA staffing shortages caused by the shutdown delay flights across the country, former FBI Director James Comey will be arraigned Wednesday. Michel Martin World Israel cites security, but Palestinians say West Bank gates disrupt daily life In the last two years Israel has erected hundreds of gates to restrict the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, making daily life more difficult for residents there. Carrie Kahn World Research shows a simple strategy can protect babies from malaria-carrying mosquitoes In sub-Saharan Africa, a child under five dies nearly every minute from malaria. But new research suggests baby wraps treated with insect repellant can protect them. Jonathan Lambert Law & Courts Former FBI Director Jim Comey to be arraigned on criminal charges A day after Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned about whether the Justice Department is being weaponized, former FBI Director Jim Comey will be arraigned on criminal charges. Carrie Johnson World 'I was so stunned': Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage. Se Eun Gong National Study finds workplace injuries increase significantly in the heat As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers new rules that would protect American workers from the heat, a new study found they could help prevent some 28,000 injuries a year. Alejandra Borunda National Air traffic control staffing shortages causing flight delays across the U.S. An increasing number of air traffic control facilities in the U.S. have had to reduce the number of planes they can handle in their airspace since the government shutdown began. Joel Rose New owner of 'The Root' talks about her vision for the Black media outlet NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ashley Allison, the new owner of the online media outlet "The Root," which focuses on covering Black news and opinion. Michel Martin National President of air traffic controllers' union on the delays caused by the shutdown NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, about the delays happening at airports nationwide because of the government shutdown. Michel Martin Politics Hasan Piker, who was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk, on the state of free speech Hasan Piker, the popular leftist streamer on Twitch, worries the U.S. will end up in "an authoritarian nightmare" if the Trump administration succeeds in punishing speech it deems unacceptable. Leila Fadel Prev 841 of 1648 Next Sponsored
National Morning news brief The government shutdown enters its second week, FAA staffing shortages caused by the shutdown delay flights across the country, former FBI Director James Comey will be arraigned Wednesday. Michel Martin
World Israel cites security, but Palestinians say West Bank gates disrupt daily life In the last two years Israel has erected hundreds of gates to restrict the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, making daily life more difficult for residents there. Carrie Kahn
World Research shows a simple strategy can protect babies from malaria-carrying mosquitoes In sub-Saharan Africa, a child under five dies nearly every minute from malaria. But new research suggests baby wraps treated with insect repellant can protect them. Jonathan Lambert
Law & Courts Former FBI Director Jim Comey to be arraigned on criminal charges A day after Attorney General Pam Bondi was questioned about whether the Justice Department is being weaponized, former FBI Director Jim Comey will be arraigned on criminal charges. Carrie Johnson
World 'I was so stunned': Brokers for North Korean defectors investigated for espionage Many North Korean defectors in South Korea use a secret network of brokers to stay connected to those back home. But recently, South Korea investigated some of those brokers for espionage. Se Eun Gong
National Study finds workplace injuries increase significantly in the heat As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration considers new rules that would protect American workers from the heat, a new study found they could help prevent some 28,000 injuries a year. Alejandra Borunda
National Air traffic control staffing shortages causing flight delays across the U.S. An increasing number of air traffic control facilities in the U.S. have had to reduce the number of planes they can handle in their airspace since the government shutdown began. Joel Rose
New owner of 'The Root' talks about her vision for the Black media outlet NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ashley Allison, the new owner of the online media outlet "The Root," which focuses on covering Black news and opinion. Michel Martin
National President of air traffic controllers' union on the delays caused by the shutdown NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, about the delays happening at airports nationwide because of the government shutdown. Michel Martin
Politics Hasan Piker, who was supposed to debate Charlie Kirk, on the state of free speech Hasan Piker, the popular leftist streamer on Twitch, worries the U.S. will end up in "an authoritarian nightmare" if the Trump administration succeeds in punishing speech it deems unacceptable. Leila Fadel