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These days, there is a lot of news. It could be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, the backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. J.L. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Arrest by federal immigration agents in Los Angeles led to clashes with police last night as Steve Futterman reports.

Steve Futterman According to ICE, 44 people were detained in several surprise Friday morning raids. A number of the raids took place in LA's Garment District. It comes as ice agents throughout the nation have increased enforcement. By the late afternoon, several hundred demonstrators gathered in downtown to protest the detainments. At one point, as some protesters moved close to the federal detention center, police used tear gas and flashbangs to disperse the crowd. There was a social media exchange between LA Mayor Karen Bass

and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. Bass said, we will not stand for this. Miller responded, you have no say in this. Federal law will be enforced. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. There have been similar confrontations in San Diego, Chicago, and Minneapolis over the past week.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says Kilmar Abrego-Garcia has been returned to the United States to face charges. On May 21st, a grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee returned a sealed indictment charging Abrego-Garcia with alien smuggling and conspiracy to commit alien smuggling in violation of Title 8 USC 1324. Abrego Garcia's case is a flashpoint in President Trump's immigration crackdown. He's the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador. He has now been returned to the U.S. after the court said his due process rights were

violated. He's due to be arraigned next week after appearing in federal court in Nashville last night. Abrego Garcia's lawyers are blasting the government's charges as preposterous. A veteran lawyer in the federal prosecutor's office in Nashville has declined to comment on his reported resignation in protest of the indictment. Spring Court has handed the Trump administration another victory. The court for now has granted the Department of Government Deficiency, known as DOJ, unfettered access to information collected by the Social Security Administration, as NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. NINA TOTENBERG, NPR NEWS ANCHOR, NPR NEWS ANCHOR, NPR NEWS ANCHOR, NPR NEWS ANCHOR,

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The information includes not just Social Security numbers, but medical and mental health records, family court information, and more. Writing for two of the three liberal dissenters, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson said the court was essentially preventing the status quo from remaining in place while the case is fully litigated in the lower courts. Once again, she said, this court dons its emergency responder gear, rushes to the scene, and fans the flames rather than extinguish them. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News.

Russia launched a large missile and drone attack overnight targeting Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv. The city's mayor says it was Russia's most powerful attack on the city since the 2022 invasion. Officials say at least three people are dead and more than 20 injured. Ukraine's foreign minister says several other areas were also hit. This latest attack comes a day after a Russian barrage killed at least six people and injured some 80 others. Scientists say the wildfires burning in western Canada that have been sending smoky

air into the U.S. Midwest are no longer anomalies. Instead, they're following an emerging pattern that's being driven by climate change, as NPR's Scott Newman reports. The fires this year are following a familiar pattern, one that was seen two years ago. They're burning in places like Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, but their choking fumes are being felt in Minnesota, Illinois, and Michigan. John Smoll is a biology professor at Queen's University in Ontario who studies the environment. He says climate change is driving this trend. The fires are hotter, the fires are longer, they start earlier, they last

longer. Canadian authorities say that nearly half of the more than 200 fires burning now have yet to be contained. Scott Newman, NPR News. Cocky's Stanley Cup Finals now tied at one game apiece. The defending champion Florida Panthers, even the best of seven series last night, winning game two against the Edmonton Oilers five goals to four. That game winning goal came in double overtime. Game three is set for Monday. I'm Giles Snyder.

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