Trump's Iran Endgame, War Economy, SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case
Up First from NPR
NPR
4.6 • 59K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Iran's closure of the strait has sent gas prices to their highest level in years, with U.S. truck drivers, farmers and brewers all feeling the ripple effects on their bottom line.
And the Supreme Court hears President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship today, a right that has been guaranteed to every child born in the United States for more than 150 years.
Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.
Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Rafael Nam, Krishnadev Calamur, Mohamad ElBardicy and HJ Mai.
It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ava Pukatch.
Our director is Christopher Thomas.
We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.
And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
(0:00) Introduction
(01:59) Trump's Iran Endgame
(05:46) War Economy
(09:33) SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Case
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | President Trump says the U.S. mission in Iran is almost over. |
| 0:05.9 | I had one goal. They will have no nuclear weapon. And that goal has been attained. They will not have |
| 0:11.8 | nuclear weapons. He says opening the Strait of Hormuz is someone else's problem. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm Michelle Martin. That's Lelah Fonnell. And this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.4 | Iran's effective closure of the St state of Hormuz has sent global gas prices soaring. |
| 0:26.8 | It's all a global market, and it doesn't take that much to tip supply and demand into a place |
| 0:31.8 | where suddenly we're in a global deficit. |
| 0:34.1 | U.S. truck drivers, farmers, and brewers are all feeling the ripple effects of the war on their |
| 0:38.2 | bottom line. And President Trump plans to attend arguments at the Supreme Court. A sitting president |
| 0:43.8 | has never done that before. Trump's trying to end birthright citizenship. What arguments will |
| 0:49.1 | accord here? Stay with us. We'll give you the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:12.2 | President Trump says the U.S. will leave Iran in two to three weeks, declaring he's only ever had one goal in mind, despite repeating many others since the start of the U.S. Israel War on Iran five weeks ago. |
| 1:18.1 | I had one goal. They will have no nuclear weapon, and that goal has been attained. They will not have nuclear weapons. It isn't clear what the evidence is of that. But he's also saying |
| 1:22.8 | countries who need oil to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively shut down |
| 1:26.9 | at the start of the war, will have to go and get it themselves. |
| 1:30.3 | Trump will address the nation at 9 p.m. Eastern time tonight. |
| 1:33.7 | Here with the latest is NPR's national political correspondent, Mara Laiasen. |
| 1:37.9 | Good morning, Mara. |
| 1:38.8 | Good morning. |
| 1:40.0 | Okay, President Trump on Monday threatened to bomb civilian infrastructure if Iran didn't |
| 1:45.1 | immediately open the Strait of Hormuz for business. |
| 1:47.6 | But now he's saying he doesn't care? |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.