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The best kind of celebrity interview is one where you find out that the person who made a thing you love also thinks in a way that you love. Nothing is more foreign than when Ariel says in The Little Mermaid, I want to be where the people are. I don't want to be where the people are. I just don't. I'm Rachel Martin. Listen to the Wild Card Podcast only from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Sch. Listen to the Wild Card Podcast, only from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. In Los Angeles, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement opened multiple raids throughout the city Friday sparking anger and protest. Steve Futterman reports from another action by ICE taking place today. This latest action is taking place at another Home Depot around 15 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Now you may recall a Home Depot was one of the targets on Friday. Often at these Home Depots there are day laborers looking for work and this seems to be perhaps the target of the ICE officers. We have heard flash bangs, there is tear gas or pepper spray or some

irritant in the air which I have tried to avoid breathing in but this is clearly another action by ice. There are protesters here who are very much upset that this is taking place. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Paramount, California. Russia struck Ukraine's second largest city this weekend, Kharkiv, in what the city's mayor says was the largest attack since the full-scale invasion began. At least three people were killed. NPR's Joannica Kisses has more. The attack on Kharkiv comes a 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. Washington, D.C. is hosting a global pride celebration and demonstration this weekend. NPR's Amy Held reports thousands are rallying in support of LGBTQ plus rights in the shadow of the White House. AMNA NAWAZ World Pride marks the 50th anniversary of pride celebrations in D.C.

It includes a huge parade followed by a mass rally this weekend. Organizers say worldwide unity is more important now than ever, as the Trump administration moves to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Attendance and corporate sponsorships in World Pride are down this year. Marissa Miller is participating and says demonstrators are empowered in their resistance. We are resilient people, and we've been here before. Now it might not have looked like this, but this is not our first rodeo and we sure it won't be our last rodeo. Pride marches have roots in the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion when a police raid on a gay bar

in New York led to days of protest. Amy Held, NPR News. This is NPR. The third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown is being run today away from its regular home for the second straight year. Erin Shellolivine of Member Station WAMC reports. While Belmont Park undergoes a half-billion dollar renovation, Saratoga Racecourse is once again hosting the Belmont Stakes. The race has attracted Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty and Journalism, who won the Preakness Stakes. Locals John and Kathy Horning have been coming to this racecourse, known as the Spa, for

years. They missed last year's Belmont, but made it to the festival's kickoff this year. Well, next week is our anniversary, 47 years, and so this is a week early for that. So last year I did pretty good on her birthday so I'm hoping our anniversary I'll do pretty good too. We'll play our numbers. The race goes off at 7 p.m. Eastern. For NPR News I'm Aaron Shuller-Levin in Saratoga Springs. A setback for the Associated Press in its ongoing bid to restore full access coverage of events involving President

Trump, two of the three judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. ruled that the President reserves the right to invite the reporters of his choice to cover him in small spaces, including the Oval Office, Air Force One, or his home base in Florida. The White House moved to take the AP reporter out of the pool when the news organization would not have dropped Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. A lower court judge had previously barred the White House from excluding the wire service, which has long had a fixed place in smaller press pools at the White House. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.