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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. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's closely monitoring the situation in Minnesota where two state lawmakers were shot Saturday morning.

As MPR's Kerry Johnson reports, the FBI is investigating on the ground along with state and local law enforcement. Pam Bondi says the incident appears to be a targeted attack against state lawmakers. In a social media post, the attorney general says, this horrific violence will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Separately, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino says the Bureau is fully engaged on the ground in Minnesota and is collaborating with local and state partners.

The FBI is referring questions to authorities in Minnesota. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington. The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th anniversary Saturday in Washington, D.C. with the big parade filled with tanks and more than 6,000 troops. President Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance spoke briefly at the close of the parade, and Piers Frank Langford was on the National Mall. People wearing American flag shirts are pressed up against a fence here as tanks roll by. They're cheering them on.

Tanks are sometimes revving their engines. And the parade really has the feel of almost like a military festival. There are a lot of MAGA hats, but there are even more American flags here. That's NPR's Frank Lankford reporting. Tens of thousands of people attended the main No Kings event in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. As Steve Futterman reports, the protest was peaceful, but at the end of the day there were some confrontations with police.

The No Kings rally at LA City Hall attracted a huge crowd. The street in front of City Hall in the park just across the street was jammed. Many of those attending carried signs and flags and chanted. Up, up, up with immigrants, down, down, down with Trump. Josh Feilcove came with a group of fellow teachers. We're a country that's built on freedom of speech. We're not built on oligarchy. At the end of the day, several hundred of those attending the rally moved to other parts

of downtown. Police issued an order to disperse, a small number refused to leave, some tear gas was used and there were arrests. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. Police in Salt Lake City, Utah now have one person in custody related to a shooting Saturday evening in that city's downtown area. The shots were heard during their No Kings protest. It's not known though at this time whether the shooting was connected to the demonstration.

One person was critically injured in the shooting. Some 10,000 people were marching to a federal building at the time of the shooting. Demonstrators were told to disperse after the gunshots were heard. You're listening to NPR News. Israel launched another assault on Iran Sunday morning. Officials say they were targeting Iran's Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran, along with sites that alleges were associated with a nuclear weapons program. Iran, meanwhile, launched a new set of missiles at Israel.

Tehran says they were aimed at fuel production facilities for Israeli fighter jets. Gaza's Health Ministry says another 40 people have been killed since Friday while they were trying to get food and Piers Anas Baba reports on the risks some of Gaza's 2 million people are taking due to extreme hunger and Israeli restrictions on aid. The UN says most of its aid allowed by Israel into Gaza this past month has been taken off trucks by hungry people. Fatima Ab Aal says her son Muhammad was desperate to get a sack of flour for his six children, who she says haven't eaten bread

in over a month and are surviving of only lentils. She told NPR from the morgue he was killed by Israeli fire with a bag of flour in hand from a UN truck. Gaza's health ministry says nearly 300 people have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to access food aid since late May. Most have died near Israelis and US-backed, privately run sites where food boxes have been distributed in the military zones of Gaza. Israel says its forces have fired warning shots. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza.

Lexi Thompson birding two of the final three Houths on Saturday for a share of the third days its forces have fired warning shots. Anas Babah, NPR News, Gaza. Lexi Thompson birding two of the final three holes on Saturday for a share of the third round lead of the LPGA Classic underway in Michigan. Sitting at 11 under 205, she shares the lead with five other golfers. Thompson has already won 11 LPGA Tour titles, the last came in 2019. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Like the climate, our idea of home is constantly changing. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.