Steve Futterman
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
I don't want to raise taxes on the wealthy. I'm not some guy who says tax the rich. I'm saying right now the math simply doesn't work.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
I'm worried about the debt. You can't have $2 trillion a year in deficits that you have to finance and finance. Now it's killing the working class and middle class.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
Trump has toyed with the idea of higher taxes, but also said it might hurt him politically, a remark that Bannon says he takes to mean Trump wants an unconstitutional third term. Steve Inskeep, NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-30-2025 2PM EDT
Steve Bannon was once Trump's White House strategist and is now a hard right podcaster who wants to reorient Republicans. He's pressing Congress to cut taxes on lower income people while not extending tax cuts for the wealthiest.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-26-2025 6PM EDT
Hi, this is Steve Inskeep. Our team is in China, inside a historic Chinese trading city where people come from all over the world to buy wholesale goods to import to their countries. And we're here to find out, among other things, how people are responding to tariffs on goods that go to the United States. Listen for that report on Up First from NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
Southern California fire crews continue to battle the wind-driven Franklin Fire, which destroyed more than 2,700 acres and some structures in the beach city of Malibu. Steve Futterman reports.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
It's the most benign place in the world until it isn't and now it looks like Hades. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Malibu.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
You're listening to NPR News. Airplane maker Boeing is back to producing its 737 MAX jetliner for the first time since September, when around 33,000 machinists went on strike seeking higher pay. Boeing announced the resumption of production to its plan and rent in Washington near Seattle. Both the MAX and another plane, the 787 Dreamliner, have had manufacturing problems in recent years.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
The FAA is limiting production of the MAX jets until it's convinced Boeing has corrected quality issues. Familiar faces return to the top of the Billboard charts this week after long absences. NPR's Stephen Thompson has this report.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Israel has bombed more than 350 military sites in Syria in just the past 48 hours as it seeks to take advantage of a power vacuum there and ensure hostile forces can't turn weapons against them. The attacks followed the stunning collapse of Syria's government and the ouster of authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
With an abbreviated holiday shopping season this year, people who track spending will be keeping a close eye on things. Just 27 days separate Thanksgiving and Christmas. National Retail Federation says it expects sales to rise between 2.5% and 3.5%. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
It is the first time in 50 years Syrians are experiencing life outside the shadow of an Assad government. Israel says its troops are looking to secure a buffer zone inside Syria established after the 1973 Mideast War. A man police suspect for the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week in midtown Manhattan is challenging extradition to New York.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 12-10-2024 7PM EST
WPSU's Sidney Roach reports from the extradition hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Haldesburg, Pennsylvania.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-25-2025 6PM EST
It is a trade that is still reverberating across the NBA. Luka Doncic, one of the league's best players and considered virtually untradeable, was dealt by the Dallas Mavericks to the LA Lakers. The game tonight is sure to be full of emotion. Doncic is coming off his best game since the trade.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-25-2025 6PM EST
While the Lakers are playing probably their best basketball of the entire season right now, the same cannot be said of the Mavericks. And the trade may have a lot to do with that. The player Dallas received in exchange for Doncic, Anthony Davis, has been sidelined with an adductor strain, and Davis will not play tonight. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-20-2025 5PM EDT
I have to say that my friendships are a hundred times more important to me. My friendships are the closest thing I have to a marriage.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-09-2025 6PM EST
With the Santa Ana winds less intense, fire crews went on the attack, going after the destructive fires both on the ground and from the air. Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft spent the day dropping water and retardant on hot spots. Amidst the damage and destruction, 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting. L.A. Sheriff Robert Luna says it will not be tolerated.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-09-2025 6PM EST
Even though fire officials are hopeful that they can make progress, the fires are still largely uncontained and continue to burn. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Pacific Palisades, California.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-08-2025 3AM EDT
According to a defense official, the FAA-18 Super Hornet was landing on the USS Truman. The arrestment cable, which slows the jet, broke during the landing. The aircraft plunged into the ocean. The two aviators on board ejected safely. They were picked up by a search and rescue helicopter. The aviators suffered minor injuries. No flight deck personnel were injured.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-08-2025 3AM EDT
The accident comes just eight days after another fighter from the USS Truman fell overboard after the handling crew lost control of the jet while it was being towed inside the hangar bay. A third fighter was lost when it was accidentally targeted by the strike group in December. For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-27-2025 2PM EDT
It is impossible to overstate how many lives have been impacted forever by this lone individual.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-16-2025 2PM EDT
The president is getting updates in real time on everything that's happening, and he's involved in every important decision here. I expect that there'll be a call with both presidents this week, and we're also continuing to engage and have a conversation with the Ukrainians. We're advising them on everything we're thinking about.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-13-2025 12PM EDT
McIlroy has won three of golf's four so-called major tournaments, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA, but never the Masters. He has come close, however, it's always ended in heartbreak. At age 35, this could be his last best chance. McIlroy says on the course he needs to stay calm.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-13-2025 12PM EDT
Clark MacArthur from Atlanta will be at today's round cheering McElroy on.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-13-2025 12PM EDT
The last golfer to win the Grand Slam was Tiger Woods in 2000. Jack Nicklaus won it in 1966. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the Masters in Augusta.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2025 6PM EST
The Chiefs are trying to become the first team ever to win three straight Super Bowls. On eight previous occasions, a team has won two in a row, but each time could not win the third. And those two in a row teams were led by some pretty big-name quarterbacks. Joe Montana, John Elway, even Tom Brady could not win a third straight.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2025 6PM EST
Kansas City's quarterback Patrick Mahomes hopes they'll be the first.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-09-2025 6PM EST
The Eagles hope they can be that roadblock. Philadelphia has won the Super Bowl only once in 2018. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-25-2025 6PM EST
They could have used this weeks ago. Instead, the rain is coming now. Here in Altadena, many are grabbing sandbags at special locations. Michael Bustamante was lucky when it came to the fires, but he's preparing for a different threat now.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-25-2025 6PM EST
It's all about location and topography. Altadena is located just below the San Gabriel Mountains. Landslides have historically been a problem here, and this will be a continuing concern in the months ahead. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Altadena, California. This is NPR News.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-01-2025 2AM EST
Plenty of questions still remain, but some details are being released. The Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza told reporters that the coroner has now ruled out a key possibility as the cause of death.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-01-2025 2AM EST
When the bodies were recovered, investigators said it appeared both Hackman and his wife had been dead for some time. Based on information from Hackman's pacemaker, it may have been closer to 10 days.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-01-2025 2AM EST
Detailed toxicology tests have not been completed. The coroner has requested those be expedited. At this point, officials still say there is no indication of foul play. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT
For more than a decade, Rory McIlroy had been trying and falling short of winning the Masters, the only one of the four major tournaments he hadn't won. On Sunday, he did it in a roller coaster final round. Twice McIlroy had the lead, then lost it. And on the final hole, he missed an easy putt that would have clinched the win. That forced a sudden death playoff, which McElroy did win.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-14-2025 12PM EDT
When McElroy made the winning putt, he sank to his knees and began to cry. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Augusta, Georgia.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-27-2025 7PM EST
So far, there are no definitive answers. Police say it appears that the 95-year-old Hackman and his 64-year-old wife had been dead for several days. Prescription pills were found near her body. One of the couple's three dogs was also found dead in a bathroom closet. Santa Fe County Sheriff Don Mendoza.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 02-27-2025 7PM EST
The acclaimed actor was a two-time Oscar winner. Gene Hackman appeared in such memorable films as The French Connection, Hoosiers, Unforgiven and two of the Superman movies. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 03-07-2025 4PM EST
We know how to control the vehicle with the center of gravity and the footprint that we have.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-04-2025 7PM EDT
In the first semifinal match, defending champion South Carolina plays Texas. In the nightcap, Connecticut plays the number one ranked team, UCLA. UConn has a record 11 women's titles, but hasn't won since 2016. It's led by its great All-American Paige Beckers, who's wrapping up her college career last hoping to win her first championship.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-04-2025 7PM EDT
UCLA hasn't won a women's basketball title since 1978. Texas last won in 1986. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Tampa, Florida.