Suzanne Nuyen

Congress may have agreed to avoid a shutdown this week but the path to long-term funding is filled with landmines.

Up First briefing: Congress avoids government shutdown; Biden and Xi meeting takeaways

Suzanne Nuyen

The Senate passed a stopgap bill that funds the government through early 2024. President Biden and China's Xi Jinping announced new agreements on fentanyl and military communications.

The joy of NPR's Suzanne Nuyen's Vietnamese cooking blog

Suzanne Nuyen

NPR is taking time to celebrate the things we are really into — the stuff that keeps us going beyond the news. NPR's Suzanne Nuyen finds joy in the kitchen and sharing what she's learned there.

Issue 1 supporters celebrate at a watch party, Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. The outcome of Tuesday's intense, off-year election was the latest blow for abortion opponents.

Up First briefing: Abortion advocates see election wins; congenital syphilis rises

Suzanne Nuyen

Ohio votes to amend its state constitution to enshrine abortion rights. The number of babies born with syphilis is 10 times what it was a decade ago.

Up First Briefing: 1 month since Hamas attacked Israel; Supreme Court gun control case

Suzanne Nuyen

Today marks one month since Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,400 and taking more than 200 hostages. The Supreme Court hears arguments in a gun rights and domestic violence case.

Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in front of the morgue in Deir al-Balah on Monday.

Up First briefing: Gaza has few good Hamas replacements; Las Vegas hospitality strike

Suzanne Nuyen

It's been nearly one month since Hamas attacked Israel. As the war goes on, Gaza has few good options for replacing the militant group. Las Vegas hospitality workers could walk off the job this week.

The Steller's jay, Cooper's hawk, and Wilson's warbler will all get renamed under a new plan to remove human names from U.S. and Canadian birds.

Up First briefing: Voices from the West Bank; Sam Bankman-Fried convicted

Suzanne Nuyen

Palestinians in the West Bank give their perspective on Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted of fraud.

At least 300 civilians, all of them foreign citizens or dual nationals, departed Gaza Wednesday, and hundreds more were expected to leave Thursday.

Up First briefing: More evacuations from Gaza planned; foods that boost weight loss

Suzanne Nuyen

Gaza's border authority released names of hundreds more foreigners and dual-national Palestinians allowed to leave. Eating high-fiber foods can help boost levels of an Ozempic-like hormone.

People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday.

Up First briefing: Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing partially opens; Trump family testifies

Suzanne Nuyen

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is open for some foreign passport holders and dozens of injured people to evacuate. Donald Trump Jr. and his family are set to testify in a civil fraut trial.

Rockets and "light bombs" are seen over the Gaza strip on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, from Sderot, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks entered its fourth week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would be a long one and would amount to a "second war of independence."

Up First briefing: Israel won't agree to a cease-fire; how tech messes with our senses

Suzanne Nuyen

Israeli troops have advanced deeper into Gaza as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects international calls for a humanitarian pause. Ditching your phone can help you tune in to your body.

A boy in Khan Younis sits on donkey-drawn cart loaded with a water tank, as drinking water and fuel become increasingly scarce in Gaza.

Up First briefing: Gazans describe a communication blackout; Biden's new AI oversight

Suzanne Nuyen

Gaza residents share what it's like living through a communications blackout. President Biden is expected announce an executive order that aims to rein in artificial intelligence.