Morning Edition

Weekdays 5:00-9:00am

6:51: Marketplace Morning Report
8:51: Marketplace Morning Report

Hosted by Steve Inskeep, A Martínez, Leila Fadel, and Michel Martin, Morning Edition takes listeners around both the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday.

For more than four decades, NPR's Morning Edition has prepared listeners for the day ahead with up-to-the-minute news, background analysis, and commentary. Regularly heard on Morning Edition are familiar NPR commentators, and the special series StoryCorps, the largest oral history project in American history.

Morning Edition has garnered broadcasting's highest honors—including the George Foster Peabody Award and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

Morning Edition website

Environment

Meet the man who protects snowy owls that migrate to Boston's Logan Airport

6:55am April 30, 2025

Every year, snowy owls fly from the Arctic to Boston's Logan Airport to find food. One man catches them and releases them far away to keep the owls and passengers safe.

Queue Listen Now

World News

There's a lot of guessing about what President-elect Trump has planned for Ukraine

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Eliot Cohen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's strategies preceding President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Queue Listen Now

National

Actress from Mexico's golden age of cinema, Silvia Pinal, has died

Silvia Pinal, the "last great diva" of Mexican cinema, has died. There is disagreement over whether she was 93 or 94 years old.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

The Amazon's historic opera house

by Carrie Kahn

There is a historic opera house in the Amazon that is a destination for some famous singers, musicians and local fans.

Queue Listen Now

National

Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles worrying Arab Americans

by Ziad Buchh

President-elect Donald Trump flipped the blue city of Dearborn, Mich., with a promise to end the wars in the Middle East. As his administration begins to take shape, some residents are concerned.

Queue Listen Now

Health & Safety

It's unclear what will happen with federal HIV programs when Trump takes office

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Ryan White program serves about half a million people with HIV, and 90% of them are successfully keeping the virus at undetectable levels. But will Republicans cut funding for the effort?

Queue Listen Now

World News

State Department aims to get more career ambassadors in place before 2nd Trump term

by Michele Kelemen

As the transition to a new administration approaches, what is the likely impact on a decidedly nervous State Department?

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Daniel Craig gets Oscar buzz for his new film 'Queer' based on Burroughs' novella

by Leila Fadel

The William S. Burroughs novella "Queer" has been transformed for the big screen. Daniel Craig plays a swaggering-yet-desperate expatriate living in Mexico City who longs for a younger man.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Morning news brief

by A Martínez

What's it mean for Biden's legacy now that he's pardoned his son. Examining the rapid advance by rebel fighters in Syria. Protesters take to the streets of the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

Queue Listen Now

Landmark climate change case will open at the top U.N. court

by Kristina Kukolja

The U.N.'s top court begins hearings Monday on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change.

Queue Listen Now

National

Trump says he intends to nominate loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director

by A Martínez

President-elect Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he would be replacing FBI director Chris Wray with Kash Patel, a longtime ally. Patel has made controversial statements about the agency.

Queue Listen Now

National

President Biden pardons son Hunter weeks before he was due to be sentenced

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with legal expert and author Kim Wehle about President Biden's decision to pardon his son Hunter. The president previously said he wouldn't issue a pardon.

Queue Listen Now

World News

U.N. stops sending aid through main Gaza crossing because route is too dangerous

by Aya Batrawy

The main U.N. agency in Gaza has stopped picking up aid from a key Israeli border crossing -- saying it's impossible to collect the aid because of hurdles from Israeli authorities and lack of safety.

Queue Listen Now