Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, right, on July 27. On Wednesday McConnell appeared to freeze while talking to reporters at a Kentucky event. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Thursday
Wednesday
People are shown at the beach in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP hide caption
Up First briefing: Hurricane Idalia; Proud Boys; Spanish Soccer controversy
Tuesday
Members of the Tampa, Fla., Parks and Recreation Department help residents with sandbags on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Residents along Florida's gulf coast are making preparations for the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia. Chris O'Meara/AP hide caption
Up First briefing: Florida evacuations; summer COVID wave; how to beat jet lag
Monday
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan has been assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump. AP hide caption
Up First briefing: Trump trial date expected; Jacksonville shooting; Maui surf lessons
Friday
Former President Donald Trump's booking photo was released after he was booked in Atlanta. Fulton County Sheriff's Office hide caption
Up First briefing: Trump's busy week; extremism in a hit song; 'miracle' Lahaina house
Friday
Members of an honor guard stand at attention for the arrival of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Camp David on June 26, 2008. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press hide caption
Up First briefing: Biden at Camp David; mortgage rates jump; NPR news quiz
Thursday
A patient prepares to take mifepristone, for a medication abortion. A federal appeals court ruled to impose new restrictions on the drug Wednesday but the ruling will not take effect until the Supreme Court weighs in. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Up First briefing: Mifepristone ruling; summer COVID tips; Rainn Wilson gets spiritual
Wednesday
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29. Joed Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Up First briefing: Trump's GOP support; ICE detention conditions; Senate selfie quest
Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump listens as he is introduced to speak at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Up First briefing: Trump's Georgia indictment; DA Fani Willis; microbes and kimchi
Monday
Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family's home on Friday in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, in western Maui, Hawaii. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Up First briefing: Maui fire rescue; Alabama voting districts; no more boring salads
Friday
An aerial view shows the historic banyan tree, along with destroyed homes, boats and buildings in the historic Lahaina town in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui on Thursday. Patric T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Up First briefing: Hawaii fire damage repair could take years; how to see the Perseids
Thursday
This photo provided by County of Maui shows fire and smoke filling the sky from wildfires near the Lahaina Bypass in Maui, Hawaii, on Tuesday. Zeke Kalua/County of Maui via AP hide caption
Up First briefing: Wildfires ravage Maui; meet the Women's World Cup quarterfinalists
Wednesday
A screenshot from one of the videos of the brawl in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday. The video shows a fight that broke out between an apparent dock worker and several men who appeared to be parking their pontoon boat in a space reserved for the city's riverboat. @Josh_Moon / Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Up First briefing: 3 charged in Montgomery brawl; David Hogg's young leaders PAC
Tuesday
A portion of Grand Canyon National Park and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument Ryan Heinsius/KNAU hide caption
Up First Briefing: Biden's Grand Canyon national monument; health tips from Japan.
Monday
Former President Donald Trump speaks as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Aug. 5 in Columbia, S.C. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images hide caption