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

National

Former DOJ official discusses Trump administration's responses to court orders

7:14am April 25, 2025

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elliot Williams, legal analyst and former Justice Department deputy assistant attorney general, about the Trump administration's response to court orders.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Texas Hands Donald Trump Its 38 Electoral Votes

by John Burnett

Any hope Democrats had of younger Latino voters turning the Lone Star State blue, were wiped out by Donald Trump's stronger support among white men.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Now That He's Won, Will Trump's Relationship With The Media Evolve?

by David Folkenflik

During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with members of the press. Going forward, Trump and the media will have to negotiate how they deal with each other.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Clinton's Defeat Is An Opportunity To Go Back To The Drawing Board

Steve Inskeep talks to Leslie Wimes of the Democratic African-American Women Caucus in Florida. She supported Hillary Clinton but says Clinton didn't do enough to win Florida.

Queue Listen Now

Voter Check-In: Clinton Supporter Reaches Out To The Other Side

It was in Atlanta that we first met small business owner Tanya Hicks. While she backed Hillary Clinton, she believes everyone has to come together.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Trump Supporters In Moscow Bar Cheer Next U.S. President

David Greene talks to Neil MacFarquar, Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times about the election-watch party in the Russian capital.

Queue Listen Now

What Happens To Obamacare In A Trump Administration?

While Donald Trump campaigned for the presidency, he repeatedly said he would get rid of the Affordable Care Act. What will happen to Obamacare? Also, we monitor how financial markets are doing.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Trump Wins Electoral College Votes; Clinton Has More Popular Votes

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Susan Davis, Democratic pollster Margie Omero and NPR's Mara Liasson about election results. And, NPR's John Ydstie says there were worries about U.S. financial markets

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Rep. Blackburn: I Knew The Presidential Race Would Be Close

Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn endorsed Donald Trump last spring. She tells David Greene that she often saw many Trump signs in people's yards but no signs for Hillary Clinton.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

In A Sea Of Red, Illinois Stands Out As A Blue State

by Cheryl Corley

Illinois is President Obama's adopted home state, and voters there backed Hillary Clinton. We pay a visit to Lou Mitchell's restaurant to talk to voters.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Trump's Victory Has Muslim-Americans Feeling Anxious

Renee Montagne talks to Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who says he couldn't believe that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Riding A Wave Of Change, Donald Trump Wins Presidential Election

Jonah Goldberg of the National Review and GOP pollster John Feehery discuss Trump's win. NPR's Scott Detrow reports on rural voters, and NPR's John Ydstie has more on financial market uncertainty.

Queue Listen Now

Politics & Government

Examining Trump's Appeal To Voters

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Scott Detrow and J.D. Vance, the author of one of the most revealing books of the presidential campaign, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.

Queue Listen Now