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Trump Defends Affordability, SCOTUS & Presidential Power, Indiana Redistricting

Trump Defends Affordability, SCOTUS & Presidential Power, Indiana Redistricting

Up First from NPR
Dec 9, 2025 13 min
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President Trump heads to Pennsylvania to defend his record on affordability as polls show voters increasingly blame his policies for high prices.<br>The Supreme Court appears poised to grant presidents far greater power over independent agencies, signaling a major shift in how the federal government operates.<br>And Indiana lawmakers move toward a congressional map that could eliminate the state’s last two Democratic seats, intensifying a nationwide battle over mid-cycle redistricting.<br/><br/><em>Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a> to the Up First newsletter.</em><br><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Krishnadev Calamur, Kelsey Snell, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Kaity Kline, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">And our Senior Supervising Producer is Vince Pearson.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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