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This is out of her glass. In Lily's family, there's a story everybody knows by heart. If this story had never happened. All of us wouldn't be here right now. Sammy wouldn't be here. Nina wouldn't be here. Wally wouldn't be here. Anyone that we know wouldn't be here.

So what happens when Lily's mom tells her this story is not true? This American life, surprising stories every week. Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump celebrated his first 100 days in office. He held a rally in Michigan last night, just outside Detroit. This is the best, they say, 100 day start of any president in history. And everyone is saying it.

We're just we've just gotten started. You haven't even seen anything yet. It's all just kicking in. In his first 100 days, Trump has signed scores of executive orders. He's fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers, slashed DEI efforts in the government, and implemented aggressive tariffs that have disrupted the global economy. He's infuriated foreign allies, and he's contended with U.S. judges, who have questioned his failure to use due process to deport migrants illegally in the U.S. Trump supporters say he is taking

the steps they want, but polling of Americans suggests falling support for Trump even on his key issue of immigration. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a county judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. From member station WUWM, Mayon Silver has more. Judge Hannah Dugan has been charged with two federal crimes, including obstructing a proceeding. She is accused of directing a Mexican citizen defendant out of her courtroom as U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents sought to apprehend him.

In its two-page order suspending Dugan, the state's highest court, which is liberal-controlled, said it was acting to protect public confidence in Wisconsin courts. Barry Burden, politics professor at UW-Madison, says of the court's unanimous decision... Hopefully it brings down the temperature, lets this work its way through the legal system

as it needs to, and we get a resolution from a court rather than through the media. Duggan's case is going before a grand jury in federal court, which will determine whether charges proceed. For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee. Harvard University has released two long anticipated reports on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on campus. From member station GBH, Kirk Carapesza reports, this comes as the Trump administration pressures elite schools to crack down on anti-Semitism or lose federal funding.

The reports describe an atmosphere of hostility and fear, finding deep religious and cultural divisions on the Cambridge campus following Hamas' attack on Israel. Among the key recommendations, update admissions criteria to value students' ability to engage in constructive dialogue, something that comes as a relief to Charlie Kavit, a Jewish sophomore at Harvard. The issues really start there. There also is a recognition that Harvard's DEI programming has not made any effort to include Jews, and hopefully that's something that's going to change.

Both reports fund a sense of alienation among Jewish and Muslim students, and the university is considering revamping orientation as well as a major initiative promoting viewpoint diversity. For NPR News, I'm Kurt Karipeza in Boston. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has won Canadian national elections this week, but his Liberal Party did not win a majority in Canada's Parliament. That means they'll need help from smaller parties to pass legislation and address challenging

issues. Carney says that will include dealing with President Trump and his tariffs on Canada. The Trump administration has dismissed the scientists who are working on the National Climate Assessment. As NPR's Rebecca Hirscher tells us, the administration says it is reassessing the scope of that report. The National Climate Assessment is the most trusted

and complete source of information about how climate change is affecting the US, from sea level rise to drought. About 400 authors had already begun work on the next edition, which is supposed to come out in 2027. Now that work has halted. Dave White is a researcher at Arizona State University who has worked on two previous editions. He says canceling it.

We'll put Americans' lives at risk, the economy at risk, reduce our ability to respond to climate change, and reduce our competitiveness in the global economy. The White House did not respond to questions about the future of the national climate assessment. Rebecca Herscher, NPR News. Scientists say they've discovered an invisible molecular cloud of gas not that far from Earth. It would seem gigantic in the night sky, if we could see it. Scientists say molecules in the gas cloud can collapse,

and if they do, they can form baby stars. Scientists picked up on the find when they scoured the sky with special equipment to read ultraviolet light. They're calling the cloud Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn. This is NPR. On the Sunday story from up First, a whistleblower

inside the federal government says Doge employees may have taken sensitive data from government systems and covered their tracks. There's really no way to tell what or where that data is now. Listen now to the Sunday story on the Up First podcast from NPR.