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Thursday

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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Up First briefing: McConnell freezes again; Johannesburg fire, Idalia aftermath

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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

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Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP

Up First briefing: Hurricane Idalia; Proud Boys; Spanish Soccer controversy

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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

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Up First briefing: Florida evacuations; summer COVID wave; how to beat jet lag

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Monday

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan has been assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump. AP hide caption

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Up First briefing: Trump trial date expected; Jacksonville shooting; Maui surf lessons

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Friday

Former President Donald Trump's booking photo was released after he was booked in Atlanta. Fulton County Sheriff's Office hide caption

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Fulton County Sheriff's Office

Up First briefing: Trump's busy week; extremism in a hit song; 'miracle' Lahaina house

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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

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Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press

Up First briefing: Biden at Camp David; mortgage rates jump; NPR news quiz

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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

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Up First briefing: Mifepristone ruling; summer COVID tips; Rainn Wilson gets spiritual

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Wednesday

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29. Joed Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Up First briefing: Trump's GOP support; ICE detention conditions; Senate selfie quest

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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

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Up First briefing: Trump's Georgia indictment; DA Fani Willis; microbes and kimchi

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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

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Up First briefing: Maui fire rescue; Alabama voting districts; no more boring salads

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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

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Up First briefing: Hawaii fire damage repair could take years; how to see the Perseids

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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

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Up First briefing: Wildfires ravage Maui; meet the Women's World Cup quarterfinalists

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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

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Up First briefing: 3 charged in Montgomery brawl; David Hogg's young leaders PAC

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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

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Up First Briefing: Biden's Grand Canyon national monument; health tips from Japan.

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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

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Up First briefing: Trump fights protective order; FDA approves postpartum pill

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