Can I tell you about my pretty awesome day at work yesterday?

It started with another strong Morning Edition show. And then lunching with my favorite journo giants Steve Inskeep Leila Fadel I'm a Martínez — I love listening to these three jam on ideas. Smartest people in the room.

Thank you, Rachel Martin💙We'll always have Sundays!

Time flies when you're up before the sun! Happy anniversary Leila Fadel 🥳

A new Up First Sunday series explores the links between climate change, global migration and far-right extremism.

In 'Ch. 1: The Senegal Dream,' Ari Shapiro checks in from a city the UN calls the 'most threatened by sea level rise in the whole of Africa.'
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everyone pls stop getting Stee Vinn Skype's name wrong 😔

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on a case next term that could reshape federal elections. On Thursday, it limited the EPA's authority to regulate emissions and fight climate change.

Plus, Hong Kong marks 25 years since the handover from Britain to China.
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On the pod today:

- The Supreme Court will issue opinions in two remaining cases

- President Biden wraps up a week of high-level meetings with allies in Europe

- An NPR investigation details how election deniers spread misinformation across the country

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- Recapping yesterday's explosive testimony before the House Jan. 6 panel
- Turkey agrees to support Norway and Sweden joining NATO
- As fears of a recession build, companies are laying off workers
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Today on Up First:

-At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, were found dead in a trailer in San Antonio, Texas

-The January 6 panel announces a new surprise hearing

-NATO leaders meet in Spain, as Russia continues to pose a threat

Listen below:

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Morning! Today on Up First:

-The SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade creates tensions between states

-G7 leaders meet in Germany focusing on countering Russia and China

-As G7 leaders meet, Russian missiles strike western Ukraine.

Listen here:
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Today marks 5 years of Up First!

I've spent the last hour trying to make a perfect 5 out of Up First cupcakes, but none of them look right and I have since given up.

But thank you to everyone who chooses to start their mornings with us! Here's to many more 🥳🥳🥳

Happy 5th birthday, Up First! 🎉

Our inaugural episode covered Trump's first in-person meeting with China's president and the global response to a chemical attack in Syria. Also, Beyoncé had just dropped a new music video.

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Today Up First turns 5!

In news years, that’s about a century.

Was lucky enough to work with Arezou Rezvani on the very early pilots and even remembered to take a couple of photos from that time of the dream team.

The FDA's approval of a second booster shot for people over 50 had I'm a Martínez and Steve Inskeep feeling... old.

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- What does Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson's record say about her views?

- Russia's invasion has displaced a quarter of Ukraine's population. How are Ukrainians living away from home?

- Why did a plane in China carrying 132 people crash?

Listen here!

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On Friday's Up First:

-How is Russia adapting to early failures in its war in Ukraine?

-What is the Democrat strategy going into the midterms?

-The Sackler family had to listen to public testimony from families who say opiates destroyed their lives.

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As masks come off in schools across the country, some parents are frustrated that there is no vaccine yet for children under 5.

Rob Stein says researchers are trying to find the 'Goldilocks dose' of the vaccine — that is both effective and safe.

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Attacks on the American voting system are taking a toll on the officials responsible for administering the vote.

A new survey of local election officials found that 1 in 5 say they are likely to leave their jobs before the 2024 presidential election.

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Today on Up First we're joined by:

- Eric Westervelt on the Russian attack on a children's hospital in Ukraine

- Miles Parks on the toll of the 2020 election on voting officials

- Rob Stein on the status of vaccines for children under 5.

Listen here!

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