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Hey, it's Sarah Gonzalez. The economy has been in the news a lot lately. It's kind of always in the news and Planet Money is always here to explain it. Each episode we tell a sometimes quirky, sometimes surprising, always interesting story that helps you better understand the economy. So when you hear something about cryptocurrency or where exactly your taxes go, yes, I was. Listen to the Planet Money podcast from NPR. ago. Yes, I was. Listen to the Planet Money Podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. The Salvadoran national who was living in Maryland and mistakenly deported to El Salvador's toughest prison is back in the United States. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia will now face federal criminal charges, including

smuggling of migrants without legal status. U.S. Senator Chris Van Holland of Maryland had aggressively sought the return of Abrego Garcia. He welcomes the development. I have repeatedly said that this is not about the man, Abrego Garcia. It's about his constitutional rights to due process and that if you trample over his rights, you threaten the rights of everybody who lives in the United States. So finally, his case is back in court where it should have been. And Brega Garcia is being held in a Tennessee county jail near Nashville awaiting arraignment

next Friday. Russia struck Ukraine's second largest city this weekend, Kharkiv, and what the city's mayor says was the largest attack since the full-scale invasion began. At least three people were killed, at least 20 were injured. Meanwhile, lawmakers in the Baltic states are expressing their support for Ukraine's path to membership in NATO and the European Union. Terry Schultz reports the statement comes less than three weeks before key summits of both organizations. The Foreign Affairs Committees of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania say their countries will support Kyiv until complete victory against Russia, including the liberation of all occupied

territories and the punishment of war crime perpetrators. They call on NATO leaders to take concrete political steps toward Ukrainian membership at their summit in The Hague later this month, saying this will strengthen peace in Europe. They also want Ukraine's ongoing negotiations to join the EU completed by 2030. The U.S. staunchly opposes Ukraine joining NATO for now, although a pledge for eventual membership was reiterated at the Alliance's last summit in Washington. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. Washington, D.C. is the host for this year's World Pride celebrations, and today marks one of the biggest events of the season, the Pride Parade. NPR's Alana Wise reports on how the political

climate is affecting this year's festivities. Hundreds of thousands of people attend D.C.'s popular pride events every year. This year, however, national politics have complicated the celebration. After decades of hard-earned gains for queer civil rights, the Trump administration has aggressively pared back many of those protections. Executive orders from President Trump have cut diversity programs in the federal government and limited trans people's rights. At the parade, corporate sponsorship was down and overall attendance was lower than expected. But among those at the event interviewed by NPR, the challenges prompted them to make

their presence known at Pride and to pick up the mantle of queer rights defenders from the past. Alana Wise, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR. Arthur Hamilton, the composer of the torch song, Cry Me a River, has died. He was 98. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,

which included Hamilton among its board members, announced the composer's death this week. American singer and actress Julie London made Cry Me a River famous. That was in 1955, two years after Arthur Hamilton wrote the smouldering song. Now you say you're lonely You cry the long night through The song has been recorded by many artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Barbara Streisand, Michael Buble and Aerosmith.

Cry me a river, cry me a river Born in Seattle, Hamilton also composed, sing a rainbow, He Needs Me and the Oscar nominated to Love Touches Your Life from the 1970 Western Madron. Chloe Valtman, NPR News. At the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in New York it was Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty again for the win in a repetition of the Battle of Churchill Downs. Journalism was in close contention but bested by the three-year-old Colt ridden by jockey Junior Alvarado and trained by Bill Mott. The sovereignty team decided to forego the second of the three jewels of the Triple Crown Races, skipping the

Preakness to focus on the Belmont. The competitors raced at Saratoga Springs on what was considered a fast, dry track. I'm Louise Chiavone, NPR News, Washington. track. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.