NPR reported on new federal investigations examining the former Congressman's bets on the prediction market site Kalshi. Then he threatened the NPR reporter who broke the story. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846966/george-santos-kalshi-threats

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5751145/save-act-senate-vote-trump

Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846943/public-health-mandates-limits

Federal investigators say the captain flying the United 767 from Italy was too slow and too low before landing last month at Newark, N.J. The jet struck a light pole, damaging a truck on the turnpike. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846909/ntsb-united-767-landing-accident-newark

New York transit officials are preparing to handle up to 100,000 extra travelers a day as fans arrive in New York and New Jersey for FIFA World Cup matches. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846797/new-york-city-transit-metro-mta-world-cup-nba-finals

State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-126041/north-korea-unveils-a-new-plant-to-produce-fuel-for-nuclear-weapons

In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-120825/seattle-chop-zone-murder-antonio-mays

There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take? #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/g-s1-125822/vaccine-ebola-democratic-republic-congo