NPR News: 07-23-2026 3AM EDT

Giles Snyder· Host0:00

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. With a little more than 100 days until the midterm elections, President Trump is hitting the campaign trail. From member station WABE in Atlanta, Rahul Bali reports on some of the issues Trump highlighted at a Wednesday rally in Georgia.

Rahul Bali0:18

This event was supposed to focus on Trump accounts for kids, but went much wider with Trump talking about the midterm elections. He repeated a message that's been popping up on the campaign trail connecting Democrats to communism.

Donald Trump· Soundbite0:31

The radical left is actively trying to destroy our children's future with the disaster known as communism. [booing] It's communism. [booing] This isn't, uh, social Democrat. These are communists.

Rahul Bali0:46

Trump also talked about the SAVE Act, which proposes strict proof of citizenship requirements to register to vote.

Donald Trump· Soundbite0:53

So right now, Congress is working to get as much of our plan as possible into the budget bill.

Rahul Bali0:59

Trump again called on Senate Republicans to get rid of the filibuster over the SAVE Act. For NPR News, I'm Rahul Bali in Cobb County, Georgia.

Giles Snyder· Host1:07

President Trump is ramping up threats against Iran, saying on social media that the US would destroy Iranian bridges and power plants if Iran shoots at ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Here's NPR's Deepa Shivaram.

Deepa Shivaram1:20

Attacking civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. But Trump says from now onward, if Iran fires missiles, rockets, drones, or any other