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.Heavier fighting in Iran could resume in the coming weeks as military reinforcements arrive and some U.S.
personnel leave the region.This shift comes as a person briefed on the U.S.
and Israel's war planning told NPR that the countries were preparing plans for a possible attack on Iran after the U.S.midterms.
Iran said it is prepared.Although Election Day is more than a week away, almost 21 million Americans have already voted, either by mail or early in-person voting, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.Trump must sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation case against the BBC, a federal magistrate judge ruled.Trump is required to comply with court rules or face sanctions, the judge said yesterday.
The case centers on a Panorama broadcast from late October 2024, which allegedly edited the president's Jan.6 speech to make it appear he incited a violent siege of Congress.
Trump has described the broadcast as false, misleading and defamatory under Florida law.Trump promised to lower grocery prices in his second term.While some individual items have gotten cheaper since he returned to office, overall grocery prices have risen, driven by factors such as increased labor costs, tariffs and higher energy prices due to the conflict with Iran.
Specific issues facing a single crop, animal species or geographic region can cause the price of one item to rise well above inflation, while lowering the price of another.NPR analyzed five everyday food items — ground beef, eggs, coffee, butter and chocolate chip cookies — to better understand the math behind grocery store prices.Read more about why these prices have fluctuated here.Check out what NPR is watching, reading and listening to this weekend: Movies: A new film version of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibilit...