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President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are set to fulfill on the White Home right now. This assembly comes at a time when the connection between their two international locations has turn into strained due to Trump’s tariffs and his suggestion that Canada ought to turn into the 51st state of the U.S.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holds an election rally in Windsor, Ontario, on April 26, 2025.
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- 🎧 Carney received his election working with an anti-Trump message, and the Canadian election was seen as a vote in opposition to Trump, NPR’s Deepa Shivaram tells Up First. It’s typical for brand spanking new Canadian prime ministers to make the U.S. their first overseas journey. Nonetheless, Carney determined to go to Europe. Asa McKercher, a professor of public coverage at St. Francis Xavier College, says Carney has to stability standing up for Canada and never irking Trump. Carney informed Canadian media a couple of days in the past not to expect “white smoke” out of the assembly with Trump on a brand new commerce deal.
The Justice Division requested a federal courtroom yesterday to dismiss a case that might severely limit entry to abortion throughout the U.S. The case is difficult the Meals and Drug Administration’s guidelines about mifepristone, one of many tablets used for remedy abortion. The Supreme Courtroom final 12 months rejected a problem from a gaggle of Christian medical doctors. Now, three states — Missouri, Idaho and Kansas — say they can’t ban abortion if residents can get mifepristone by mail.
- 🎧 The transfer to toss out the case is a bit stunning, NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffin says, as a result of it is the identical stance the Biden administration’s Justice Division took. U.S. District Choose Matthew Kacsmaryk, who tends to be receptive to anti-abortion arguments, is presiding over the case and might continue regardless of the Justice Division request. The Trump administration’s FDA may nonetheless be aggressive on remedy abortion by including restrictions on who can get it and the way, with out being required by the courtroom.
Trump introduced on Sunday that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on motion pictures produced outdoors of the U.S., leaving the movie and TV trade perplexed. He posted on Reality Social that the American movie trade is “dying a really quick loss of life.” The president mentioned other countries’ incentives to filmmakers and studios draw them away from the U.S., impacting the movie trade.
- 🎧 The announcement raised questions on who would pay for the tariffs and if ticket costs would improve, amongst different considerations. “Studios and unions all over the world are frightened this might spell the tip of their very own manufacturing industries,” Mandelit del Barco says. She explains that actor Jon Voight might be why this subject got here up for the president. Trump calls Voight a particular ambassador. He and two of his enterprise associates met with the president concerning the leisure trade this weekend. Voight says he offered Trump with a plan to rescue the American film industry with federal tax incentives, coproduction treaties with different international locations and subsidies for theater homeowners and manufacturing firms.
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Nyla Dinkins will signify Washington, D.C. on the twentieth annual Poetry Out Loud competitors this week. 55 highschool college students, one from each state and 5 territories, will compete within the recitation competitors.
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The twentieth annual Poetry Out Loud finals happen this week in Washington, D.C. The semifinals will consist of 55 high school students: one champion from each state and American Samoa, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The rivals grasp poems from throughout eras and types, engaged on their bodily presence, voice, articulation, accuracy, and interpretation. The nationwide winner will probably be introduced tomorrow night. Forward of the large competitors, NPR’s Elizabeth Blair spoke with 4 state champions. Hearken to snippets of them reciting poems, and listen to about why they like poetry and the way they’re making ready for the competitors.
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Met Gala Co-Chair, A$AP Rocky attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Model” at Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Could 05, 2025 in New York Metropolis.
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The Met Gala, famously generally known as vogue’s best night time, brings out celebrities in inventive ensembles. The occasion’s objective is to boost cash for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Artwork. Final night time’s attendees had been anticipated to comply with the gown code “Tailor-made for You.” As soon as up the blue, floral stairs and contained in the museum, they visited the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Model” exhibition, which highlights how clothes and elegance are linked to Black identities. From Diana Ross to Jeff Goldblum, listed here are some of the looks NPR loved.
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US author and Booker Prize 2024 shortlisted creator Percival Everett poses in the course of the Booker Prize 2024 Award photograph name occasion, on the Southbank centre, in central London, on November 11, 2024. The winner of the 2024 Booker Prize is to be introduced on November 12, with a report 5 feminine authors vying to win the distinguished English-language literary award. (Picture by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Picture by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
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- Percival Everett won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction together with his novel James, a reimagination of Huckleberry Finn informed from the angle of Jim, Huck’s enslaved companion on the raft experience.
- John Thomas, a health coach who goes by “thebodybuildingvegan” on Instagram, goals to show how a plant-based food plan can enhance athletic performance whereas benefiting the planet. (by way of WUFT)
- After Vivian Curren’s 3-year-old son threw sand on one other little one at a park, she assumed she was about to be judged for poor parenting. As a substitute, a stranger informed her she dealt with the scenario masterfully. The unsung hero’s phrases had been a turning point for Curren and made her really feel like an excellent guardian.
This article was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
