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Congress is considering a rescissions package from the White House that would claw back more than $1 billion of public media funding. Federal funding for all of public media amounts to about $1.60 per person per year. That helps bring you the news and podcasts you rely on from NPR. Please take a stand for public media today at GoACPR.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Police used tear gas and flashbangs to disperse protesters outside a federal detention center in Los Angeles last night. They were protesting immigration raids across the city this week

in which dozens were arrested. Steve Futterman has more. Hundreds of people showed up in the downtown area. There was a large rally held near the Federal Detention Center. We heard lots of speeches, but after the rally broke up, the anger turned into some violence. Rocks and bottles, some concrete blocks, trash cans were thrown, even some spray painting on the detention center building. There were some confrontations.

We saw some people detained, but there's been no official word about any actual arrests. Steve Foderman reporting from Los Angeles. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back on U.S. soil. For months, the Trump administration had said it could not bring him back from El Salvador after he was swept up in an immigration raid and sent there by mistake in March. He's now in Tennessee facing federal criminal charges of being involved with transporting undocumented immigrants. Stocks gained ground this week amid positive signs for the U.S. job market. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs last month, roughly in line with what forecasters had predicted. The

unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%. Factories and the federal government cut jobs in May, but that was more than offset by job gains in health care and hospitality. Stocks rallied after the jobs report was released. President Trump took to social media to urge the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. But investors are betting the central bank will hold rates steady when policymakers meet later this month. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 index climbed 1.5 percent, and the Nasdaq jumped more than 2 percent.

Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington. Russia struck Ukraine's second-lar largest city, Kharkiv, in what the mayor said was the largest attack on the city since the full-scale invasion began. At least three people were killed. NPR's Juenica Kissis reports. The attack on Kharkiv comes the night after Russia launched a wide-ranging aerial assault targeting nearly all of Ukraine.

Kharkiv is in northeastern Ukraine, about 20 miles from the Russian border. Overnight on Saturday, the city was rocked by at least 40 explosions, said Mayor Ehor Tetehov, writing on Telegram. He called it the most powerful attack since the full-scale invasion and said Russia used missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs. Ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine have made little progress. Russia has increased attacks on Ukrainian cities,

often hitting civilians, while Ukraine has destroyed bomber planes and military infrastructure targeting Russia's war machine. Joanna Kekisis, NPR News, Kiev. This is NPR News in Washington. Scientists from around the world are gathering in the French city of Nice this weekend. This is NPR News in Washington. Scientists from around the world are gathering in the French city of Nice this weekend for next week's UN conference on the oceans and the effect of climate change.

Some American scientists are missing the event. The Trump administration has ordered scientists from federal agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA not to attend. The fourth week of the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial has concluded in New York City with testimony from an alleged victim. This report by NPR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento contains mentions of sex. A woman who testified under the pseudonym Jane to protect her identity spent much of

Friday morning crying on the witness stand. She told the court that soon after she began dating Combs in 2021, he asked her to participate in sexual encounters with male escorts. The woman agreed at first, but she said she later made it clear to Combs that she didn't want to keep having these quote, hotel nights. Jane said they would often involve staying up 20 to 30 hours straight, taking multiple doses of drugs. According to Jane, Combs paid her rent.

When she pushed back on the hotel nights, she said he repeatedly brought up those payments. Combs' attorneys have said this was a consensual relationship, not sex trafficking. Isabella Gomez-Armiento, NPR News. In women's tennis, second seed Coco Goff of the U.S. won the French Open today. She defeated the number one seed, Irina Sabilenko of Belarus. This is Goff's first French Open win and her second major trophy after beating Sabilenko in the U.S. Open in 2023. I'm Nour

Rahm, NPR News.