Healthcare Subsides Expire, Trump and Minnesota, Mamdani Takes Office In NYC

Health insurance costs jump for millions after pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies expired overnight. The Trump administration freezes child care funding nationwide after targeting Minnesota over unproven fraud claims tied to Somali-run day care centers. And New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is sworn in at midnight as he prepares to take office. 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 Carrie Feibel, Cheryl Corley, Andrea De Leon, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens. (0:00) Introduction (02:33) Health care Subsidies Expire (05:53) Trump and Minnesota (10:06) Mamdani Takes Office in NYC Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy