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In the present day’s high tales
President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are set to fulfill on the White Home in the present day. This assembly comes at a time when the connection between their two international locations has grow to be strained as a result of Trump’s tariffs and his suggestion that Canada ought to grow to be the 51st state of the U.S.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds an election rally in Windsor, Ontario, on April 26, 2025.
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- 🎧 Carney received his election operating with an anti-Trump message, and the Canadian election was seen as a vote in opposition to Trump, NPR’s Deepa Shivaram tells Up First. It’s typical for brand spanking new Canadian prime ministers to make the U.S. their first overseas journey. Nevertheless, Carney determined to go to Europe. Asa McKercher, a professor of public coverage at St. Francis Xavier College, says Carney has to steadiness standing up for Canada and never irking Trump. Carney advised Canadian media a couple of days in the past to not count on “white smoke” out of the assembly with Trump on a brand new commerce deal.
The Justice Division requested a federal courtroom yesterday to dismiss a case that would critically limit entry to abortion throughout the U.S. The case is difficult the Meals and Drug Administration’s guidelines about mifepristone, one of many drugs used for medicine abortion. The Supreme Court docket final yr rejected a problem from a bunch of Christian medical doctors. Now, three states — Missouri, Idaho and Kansas — say they can not ban abortion if residents can get mifepristone by mail.
- 🎧 The transfer to toss out the case is a bit stunning, NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin says, as a result of it is the identical stance the Biden administration’s Justice Division took. U.S. District Decide Matthew Kacsmaryk, who tends to be receptive to anti-abortion arguments, is presiding over the case and may proceed regardless of the Justice Division request. The Trump administration’s FDA might nonetheless be aggressive on medicine abortion by including restrictions on who can get it and the way, with out being required by the courtroom.
Trump introduced on Sunday that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on motion pictures produced exterior of the U.S., leaving the movie and TV trade perplexed. He posted on Fact Social that the American movie trade is “dying a very fast death.” The president mentioned different international locations’ incentives to filmmakers and studios draw them away from the U.S., impacting the movie trade.
- 🎧 The announcement raised questions on who would pay for the tariffs and if ticket costs would improve, amongst different issues. “Studios and unions around the world are worried this could spell the end of their own production industries,” Mandelit del Barco says. She explains that actor Jon Voight might be why this subject got here up for the president. Trump calls Voight a particular ambassador. He and two of his enterprise associates met with the president concerning the leisure trade this weekend. Voight says he offered Trump with a plan to rescue the American movie trade with federal tax incentives, coproduction treaties with different international locations and subsidies for theater homeowners and manufacturing corporations.
In the present day’s pay attention
Nyla Dinkins will characterize Washington, D.C. on the twentieth annual Poetry Out Loud competitors this week. 55 highschool college students, one from each state and 5 territories, will compete within the recitation competitors.
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The twentieth annual Poetry Out Loud finals happen this week in Washington, D.C. The semifinals will encompass 55 highschool college students: one champion from each state and American Samoa, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The opponents grasp poems from throughout eras and types, engaged on their bodily presence, voice, articulation, accuracy, and interpretation. The nationwide winner can be introduced tomorrow night. Forward of the massive competitors, NPR’s Elizabeth Blair spoke with 4 state champions. Hearken to snippets of them reciting poems, and listen to about why they like poetry and the way they’re making ready for the competitors.
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Met Gala Co-Chair, A$AP Rocky attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Might 05, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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The Met Gala, famously often called style’s best evening, brings out celebrities in artistic ensembles. The occasion’s goal is to boost cash for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Artwork. Final evening’s attendees had been anticipated to observe the gown code “Tailored for You.” As soon as up the blue, floral stairs and contained in the museum, they visited the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition, which highlights how clothes and magnificence are linked to Black identities. From Diana Ross to Jeff Goldblum, listed here are a number of the appears NPR liked.
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US author and Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted creator Percival Everett poses throughout the Booker Prize 2024 Award picture name occasion, on the Southbank centre, in central London, on November 11, 2024. The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize is to be introduced on November 12, with a report 5 feminine authors vying to win the celebrated English-language literary award. (Photograph by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photograph by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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- Percival Everett received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction along with his novel James, a reimagination of Huckleberry Finn advised from the attitude of Jim, Huck’s enslaved companion on the raft trip.
- John Thomas, a health coach who goes by “thebodybuildingvegan” on Instagram, goals to display how a plant-based weight loss program can improve athletic efficiency whereas benefiting the planet. (by way of WUFT)
- After Vivian Curren’s 3-year-old son threw sand on one other baby at a park, she assumed she was about to be judged for poor parenting. As an alternative, a stranger advised her she dealt with the state of affairs masterfully. The unsung hero’s phrases had been a turning level for Curren and made her really feel like a superb guardian.
This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
