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Chapter 1: What happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
Kelmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador. He now faces criminal charges. This is what American justice looks like. I'm Debbie Elliott. I'm Aisha Roscoe, and this is Up First from NPR News. World Pride is wrapping up in Washington, D.C. this weekend.
Thousands are expected to attend a march celebrating LGBTQ rights later today.
But the event is taking place with the Trump administration targeting diversity programs. So how's that affected the party mood?
And it's the business end of the season for the NBA. And as hockey fans know, we've got a thrilling Stanley Cup on our hands.
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Chapter 2: How is World Pride celebrated in Washington D.C.?
anti-trans and anti-queer policies made a lot of people, especially those in foreign countries, feel like they weren't welcome here.
What about the businesses that have traditionally supported the parade?
Yeah, corporate sponsorships are down this year, not just when it comes to World Pride in D.C., but across the country. Gravity Research just did a survey of 200 corporations on their participation in Pride events and found a third were scaling back this year.
Some companies are nervous about being called out by President Trump, so they're trying to lay low in terms of public support while reassuring their employees that they still care. And that's a difficult needle to thread. So with this tension, how is that affecting the sense of celebration? Yeah. Well, you're hearing a saying a lot this year. The first pride was a riot.
And that's a reference to Stonewall, where transgender people fought back against a police raid in New York City in 1969. So pride didn't start because rainbows are pretty. It started because discriminatory laws and societal intolerance pushed queer people to the breaking point and they decided to fight back.
So I think this political moment has LGBTQ people thinking about that history and how fighting back when the odds seem stacked against you is something this community knows how to do.
That's NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin. Thank you so much.
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Chapter 3: What challenges do LGBTQ people face under the Trump administration?
I don't get to say this often, but it's time for sports. And there's a lot going on more than a century of college amateurism is over. And then there's the tennis. The women's final of the French Open is taking place today.
Throw in a thrilling Stanley Cup and surprising NBA finals, and you have a lot to talk about with ESPN's Michelle Steele. Thanks for being here, Michelle. Good morning, Deb. It's a busy morning. So, last night... A federal judge signed off on a $2.8 billion settlement now paving the way for colleges to actually pay athletes directly. This is a remarkable moment in college sports.
It's ending more than a century of the amateur model. What is it going to look like?
Yeah, so what's going to happen, Deb, is that starting as early as July, schools will pay their athletes around $20 million annually as part of what's being framed as a revenue-sharing deal. This is not salaries, which would kick in all sorts of other implications, right? So I guess the question here is who's going to get the money? Football and basketball, they're the biggest revenue generators.
They're going to be the biggest beneficiaries. I think what's interesting to a lot of college football fans is now every NIL deal, these are name, image, and likeness sort of endorsement deals. If they're over $600, they're going to have to go through a clearinghouse to make sure it's a real endorsement deal. and not just Crazy Eddie's car dealership playing a guy to go to Alabama.
So we'll see how strict the enforcement is going to be around that after a few years of the Wild West and the NIL, Deb.
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Chapter 4: How are businesses reacting to the current political climate?
You know, my husband mentioned we're going from the $100 handshake to the million-dollar deal, right?
Yeah, we're not going to have duffel bags of cash lying around anymore. This is going to be a regulated industry because college sports is a big business now.
So the French Open women's final is underway. Number one, Irina Sabalenka of Belarus versus number two, Coco Gauff of the United States. Gauff would become the first American to win a women's single title in Paris. In a decade, does she have a shot?
She's definitely got a shot. She's won a Grand Slam before. In fact, she beat Sabalenka the one time that they met in a Grand Slam final. But a lot of experts around tennis are putting their money on Sabalenka. You know, I spoke to a coach this week who coached the last American woman to reach a French final, Sloane Stevens. His name is Kamau Murray, and he told me that Sabalenka has the hot hand.
She's seen as dominant as Martina Navratilova was. So we'll see if Coco can defy those expectations. And like you said, the match is just about to get underway.
On the ice now, the Stanley Cup tied after two games, the defending champs, the Florida Panthers, even things up with a double overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers. Has this cup final rematch from last year been everything you've expected?
This series has everything, Deb. You've got the revenge factor for the Oilers. Huge stars on both sides. Andrew Marchand, who's now joined the Panthers after a storied career with the Bruins. He had the double OT winner last night. Great matchup. Both of these games have gone to overtime.
You know, I have friends who are covering this series who are going to be ping-ponging between Edmonton and Miami. But I hope this series goes seven games. And you know what? They'll get a lot of frequent flyer miles, so it's okay.
And basketball, right? So the Indiana Pacers. are the surprise leaders. They're up one over Oklahoma City Thunder after the first game in the NBA Finals. thanks to yet another buzzer beater winning shot by Tyrese Halliburton. That makes four stunning late game comebacks for the Pacers in these playoffs. I guess at some point we should stop calling them stunning.
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Chapter 5: What changes are happening in college sports?
Thank you so much. That's ESPN's Michelle Steele. Glad you were with us. You bet. See you next time. And that's Up First for Saturday, June 7th, 2025. I'm Debbie Elliott.
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Each week, they create a news quiz, and we want to give Up First listeners the chance to play along.
Chapter 6: How will college athletes benefit from new compensation rules?
Now on to our final game, lightning fill-in-the-blank. Each of our players will have 60 seconds in which to answer as many fill-in-the-blank questions as they can. Each correct answer now worth two points.
Bill, can you give us the score? I can indeed. McGeehan has three. Zach and Adam each have two.
That means Zach and Adam are tied for second, and I'm going to arbitrarily pick... Adam, to go first. So, the clock will start when I begin your first question. Fill in the blank. On Wednesday, Adam, President Trump announced a blank ban targeting 12 countries. Travel. Right. According to a new report, the net worth of the 10 blankest people in America increased $365 billion last year. Richest?
Yes. Wealthiest this week, U.S. blanks on steel increased to 50%. Tariffs? Right. On Tuesday, a judge ordered the White House to continue offering blank-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons. Gender? Right. This week, the U.S. beat out Australia to become the country that blanks the most in the entire world. No, swears.
On Thursday, a Japanese spacecraft attempting to land on the blank crashed during its descent. Moon. Right. On Thursday, the Switch 2, the newest gaming console from blank, was released. Nintendo. Right. This week, officials in Washington State had to release a warning to drivers after a truck tipped over on the highway while carrying blank. Um, oh, I heard about this. Was it a bunch of coins?
No, it was millions of bees. According to the local sheriff, millions of bees escaped from a cargo truck after it tipped over near the Canadian border. Fortunately, less than 24 hours later, a group of volunteer beekeepers helped recover most of them, and they swear they're definitely the escaped bees, not just a bunch of new ones.
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Bill, how did Adam do in our quiz? Very well. Six right, 12 more points. Total of 14 puts him in the lead. All right.
So, Zach, you are up next. Here we go. Fill in the blank. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the so-called big beautiful blank would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit. Bill. Right. On Wednesday, the U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in blank. Gaza. Right. On Tuesday, flash floods hit parts of Kansas after over a month's worth of blank fell in just one day.
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