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Morning news brief

NPR | By Leila Fadel,
Sacha Pfeiffer
Published August 21, 2026 at 3:46 AM CDT

Trump threatens economic pressure campaign against Iran, SCOTUS to weigh in on whether Trump's ballroom project, investors dump stocks and bonds despite government's efforts to calm market.

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Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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Sacha Pfeiffer
Correspondent, Investigations
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