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Here on The Indicator from Planet Money, we fanned out across the country to ask how you are feeling about the 2025 economy. Anxious. Uncertain. Unfair. Turbulent. Crazy. We don't just recite the headlines, we show you how the economy is affecting your life

in 10 minutes or less. Each weekday, listen to The Indicator from Planet Money Money wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. after he was wrongly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration earlier this year. He's now in a Tennessee jail and faces federal charges of conspiracy to transport migrants in the U.S. without legal status. Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says a court is where President Trump should

have put Abrego Garcia to begin with. This is not the only case where President Trump and his administration are flouting the Constitution and due process. But my bottom line has been and remains adherence to the Constitution of the United States because if you put it at risk for one person, you do jeopardize those rights for everybody. French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Greenland in June. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, he'll be the first foreign head of state to do so,

since U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of the autonomous Danish territory. Macron's office said he had been invited by the territory's Prime Minister Jens Friedrich Nielsen and Danish leader Mette Friedrichsen. The three will hold talks focused on North Atlantic and Arctic security, climate change, energy transition and critical minerals. Danish and Greenlandic leaders have insisted that the autonomous territory must decide its own future.

A majority of its residents favor independence in the long term, but have repeatedly said Washington cannot acquire them. In a statement, Prime Minister Fredrickson called Macron's visit testimony of European unity. The French presidency said the visit is aimed at strengthening cooperation with Greenland. Eleanor Beardsley inPR News, Nice, France. Washington, D.C. is the host for this year's World Pride celebrations and Saturday marked 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. The Trump administration is sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles following two days of clashes there between protesters and border agents wearing riot gear. On Saturday at least one person was injured during a demonstration near Home Depot in Paramount. Borders' Art Tom Homan says officials will be cracking down on the nationwide unrest.

You're listening to NPR News. The August Egg Company has announced a recall of some 1.7 million brown, organic, and cage-free eggs because of the potential for salmonella. Health officials say at least 79 people in seven states have gotten a strain of salmonella that's been linked to those eggs. 21 people have been hospitalized. The affected states are primarily in the Midwest and Wests. The third leg of the Triple Crown was run in Saratoga Springs, New York on Saturday for the second year

in a row. Aaron Shell of Vena, member station WAMC has our reports. Saratoga Racecourse hosted the Belmont Stakes again this year as its downstate home undergoes a half billion dollar renovation. The 157th running of the Test of the Champion was a mile and a quarter instead of its typical mile and a half length. Early favorite Sovereignty, who claimed victory in the Kentucky Derby, beat out Preakness Stakes winner Journalism by three lengths. While it eliminated the possibility of a triple crown, trainer Bill Mott stuck by his decision to not run sovereignty in

the Preakness. I think it was the right thing. I'm happy with having a derby and a Belmont and maybe a future to look forward to. For NPR News, I'm Aaron Shalalavene in Saratoga Springs. Coco Goff has won the French Open, the 21-year-old American beat top-ranked Arena Sabilinka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 for her second Grand Slam title. It was her first win at the French Open. She won the U.S. Open two years ago.

After the match, Goff said she knew winning would be about willpower and mental strength. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. With a major shift in our politics underway in this country, 1A is drilling down on what's mental strength. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.