Primary Race Results, Trump's Plane Swap Ruse, Disarming Iraq's Iran-Backed Militias

初级赛果,特朗普的飞机交换诡计,解除伊拉克伊朗支持的民兵武装

Up First

2026-08-12

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Results are in from primary races in six states. How did progressive candidates fare against more moderate Democrats in this run-up to the midterm elections? And President Trump has confirmed he secretly swapped planes as he left a NATO summit in Turkey last month. How unusual was this ruse? Plus, Iraq’s new leader wants to disarm the country’s Iran-backed militias that have hit U.S. military installations across the region in recent months. How challenging will that be? 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 Alice Woelfle, Arezou Rezvani, Padma Rama, Rebekah Metzler and Tina Kraja. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Milton Guevara. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Zac Coleman. And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. (0:00) Introduction(01:54) Primary Race Results(05:35) Trump's Plane Swap Ruse(09:48) Disarming Iraq's Iran-Backed Militias 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
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  • Results are in from primary races in six states.

  • How did progressive candidates fare against more moderate Democrats?

  • And how did Trump-backed candidates do in this run-up to the midterm elections?

  • I'm Leila Faudil.

  • That's Michelle Martin.

  • And this is Up First from NPR News.

  • President Trump confirms he secretly swapped planes as he left the NATO summit in Turkey last month.

  • Well, it's only up to Secret Service.

  • I just follow what they'd like to do.

  • The plane he did not take essentially turned into a decoy.

  • How unusual was this ruse?

  • And Iraq's new leader wants to disarm the country's Iran-backed militias, groups that have hit U.S.

  • Military installations in the region in recent months.

  • How challenging will that be?

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