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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 Jan Martin. Listen to the Wild Card Podcast, only from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Hurst. National Guard troops mobilized by President Trump are in Los Angeles amid another day of protests over immigration and customs enforcement sweeps. Jared Bennett of LAist is in downtown LA. I'm in front of the detention center and federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where for most of the afternoon, demonstrators were confronting members of the National Guard and DHS. People we spoke to here were angry about recent ICE enforcement actions here in LA and the

deployment of the National Guard, which they saw as an unnecessary escalation. A little after two, a group of Los Angeles police moved in to clear the area. There was scuffling between demonstrators and police, and at least one person brought to the ground and detained. The demonstration is still ongoing, with a group moving from City Hall back here to the detention center. Jared Bennett reporting. Meanwhile, on X, California Governor Gavin Newsom asked President Trump to rescind the deployment of troops, saying they didn't have a problem until Trump got involved. Ukraine says Russia attacked Kharkiv for a second night killing at least one

person and Piers Joanna Kikissus has more. Russia hit a village in the Kharkiv region which borders Russia with highly destructive glide bombs. The night before Russia pummeled the city of Kharkiv with drones, missiles and guided bombs. The night before Russia pummeled the city of Kharkiv with drones, missiles, and guided bombs. The attacks are seen as retaliation for Ukraine's covert operation that used cheap drones to hit dozens of Russian bombers deep in the Russian heartland last week. A German military assessment estimates that Moscow retained 90% of its strategic bombers but that Russia will now have to amp up security to save its existing fleet. Meanwhile, in the northeastern region of Sumi, Russian ground forces captured a small border

village according to the Ukrainian monitoring group Deep State. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kiev. Wall Street will be closely watching an inflation update this week to see how President Trump's tariffs are affecting consumer prices. And Piers Maria Aspin reports. The Labor Department's monthly Consumer Price Index, or CPI, tracks the prices people pay for goods and services. It's a key measure of inflation and something the Federal Reserve watches as it decides whether to change interest rates or hold them steady. But now, some economists are worried that the government has lost its ability to track this data

and get the full picture about Americans' costs of living. The Labor Department said last week that it's cut back on price checks nationwide because it doesn't have enough employees to do this work anymore. The U.S. government has been under a hiring freeze since President Trump took office, and it's said on Friday that at least 59,000 federal workers have lost their jobs since then. Maria Aspin, NPR News, New York. U.S. futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

hour, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open men's single title for a second straight year. And Pierce Jeff Brady reports, it was the longest French Open final ever, lasting five hours and 29 minutes. It was a dramatic day at the French Open in Paris. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Italian Yannick Sinner, rallying from two sets down and saving three match points. Upon winning, Alcares let go of his racket, dropped back on the famous red clay court, and covered his face as the crowd cheered.

Then he got up to receive congratulations and an embrace from his 23-year-old opponent. This is Alcares' fifth win in the Grand Slam tournament, and tennis watchers consider it one of the greatest comebacks in the tournament's history, comparing the two young men to some of the most decorated tennis stars. At 22 years old, this is the 20th title of Alcares's career. Jeff Brady, NPR News. The biggest night in Broadway theater takes place tonight with the 78th annual Tony Awards. Nearly three dozen shows are up for awards.

The cast of many shows are set to perform tonight, including the original cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton, reuniting for a special performance in celebration of the show's 10th anniversary. This year's Tony's is hosted by Cynthia Erivo. She's the star of the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked. She also got her own Tony Award in 2016 with her performance as Celia in the color purple and she's a Grammy and Emmy winner too. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.