Good morning.You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.President Trump delivered a primetime address last night where he repeated claims that the country's voting systems are vulnerable to being "rigged and stolen." The president presented no new evidence of a single fraudulent vote in any election.
He said he was declassifying intelligence documents that reveal "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure."Catastrophic flooding in Texas has killed two people and prompted hundreds of rescues after days of heavy rain.The flooding comes just over a year after devastating July Fourth floods killed 130 people, including children and counselors at a summer camp.Several U.S.
states are experiencing unhealthy and hazardous air quality as heavy smoke from wildfires continues to spread.Extreme heat and dry conditions in Ontario and northern Minnesota fueled wildfires earlier this week.
Today, more than 800 wildfires are burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan face some of the worst air quality levels and millions in large cities like Philadelphia, New York City and Baltimore are also impacted.
Relief remains several days away.The Dallas hip-hop group Cure for Paranoia won this year's Tiny Desk Contest, earning the chance to perform their own Tiny Desk concert after standing out among thousands of independent artists.The group also joined the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour, performing alongside 20 other standout entrants.
Ten photographers captured some of the tour's most memorable moments.Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend: Movies: The Odyssey follows Odysseus as he spends two decades trying to return home to his wife, Penelope, the queen of Ithaca, after the Trojan War.Along the way, he encounters various supernat...