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Ryland Barton
from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A new financial disclosure shows President Trump and his family raked in more than a billion dollars from cryptocurrency ventures in the past year. Associated Press reporter Bernard Condon says the speed that Trump made the money is surprising.
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Bernard Condon
His property business, at least according to my judgment, is growing at the fastest it has in the century since the Trump Organization, his family business, started. And yet crypto triumphs.
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Ryland Barton
Trump also took in tens of millions of dollars from new properties in countries beholden to the US for military support or seeking tariff relief. And he got tens of millions more suing media companies. The White House says the president has no financial conflicts and only acts in the public interests. Democratic socialists have pulled off some high profile wins in recent congressional primaries. Now some Democrats worry it could hurt the party's chances of regaining a majority in Congress next year. NPR's Elena Moore reports.
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Elena Moore
Democratic socialist candidates say their movement is gaining ground at a time when Americans are struggling economically and feel fed up with the political status quo. But some within the Democratic Party are hesitant to broadly associate with that movement, arguing it could alienate swing voters in key toss up districts that Democrats want to win in November. Matt Bennett is a co founder of the centrist think tank Third Way.
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Matt Bennett
Of course, it's possible to run as a left leaning populace without adopting the maximalism of the extremes. But it is very hard for Democrats
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Elena Moore
now to distinguish themselves because he says Republicans will try to paint Democrats and Democratic socialists as one in the same. Elena Moore, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
Today, the U.S. men's National Soccer team has its biggest test yet of the FIFA World Cup. They'll face Bosnia Herzegovina in the first round of the knockout stage. NPR's Becky Sullivan has this preview.
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Becky Sullivan
The World cup is now in the win or go home phase of the tournament, and some good teams have already gone home. US Defender Chris Richards says his team won't underestimate their opponent.
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Chris Richards
They're a good team. They also deserve to be here. Ultimately, we know that how we've played so far throughout the tournament has been very successful. So we're going to try to stick to that and again hopefully win the game.
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Becky Sullivan
Bosnia and Herzegovina came into the World cup ranked number 64. They are the underdogs, but they have talented players and an effective defense. The US Men haven't beaten a European team in any game since they last beat Bosnia back in 2021. But both teams were much different then, and the stakes are far higher now. The winner will move on to the round of 16. The loser will pack their bags. Becky Sullivan in PR news, Santa Clara, California.
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Ryland Barton
The World Cup's group stage ranks as the most watched ever on English language television, according to Sports Media watch. It averaged 5.05 million viewers on Fox Sports and 4.6 million on Telemundo and Peacock, up 92% and 122% respectively, from from 2022. It's NPR. Lines are growing at Russian gas stations as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions. The fuel crisis has brought Moscow's invasion of Ukraine home to ordinary Russians. President Putin acknowledged the problems for motorists and businesses. The grocery chain Kroger says it plans to buy a rival retailer called Giant Eagle, a regional chain based in Pennsylvania. It's Kroger major deal since the meltdown of its mega merger with Albertsons a year and a half ago. As NPR's Alina Selyuk reports, Kroger is
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Alina Selyuk
once again trying to grow by buying a competing grocery chain, this time Giant Eagle, which is not to be confused with Giant Food and the Giant Company. Giant Eagle is a family run supermarket chain with about 200 stores and pharmacies in northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland and West Virginia. KRoger is offering $1.7 billion for Giant Eagle. It's a much smaller deal than Kroger's failed bid. Its biggest rival, Albertsons, that $25 billion megadeal fell apart in 2024, blocked by courts over concerns that it would limit competition. Kroger and Albertsons are still in a legal dispute over the fiasco. Alina Seluk, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
Martial arts icon and San Francisco native Bruce Lee will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake Day. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law officially designating May 17th as Bruce Lee Day, the day in 1918 year old Lee returned to San Francisco after spending his childhood in Hong Kong. It's npr.
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