Up First briefing: Trump’s China visit; Inflation; Mifepristone; FEMA : NPR

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Vast majority of men deported under Trump don’t have criminal convictions

May 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDTJust now The Trump administration’s vast deportation effort has led to the removal of an unusually high number of undocumented men who have lived and worked... Read more »

Swarthmore College removes professor’s name over burial site scandal

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A small Pennsylvania liberal arts college is scrubbing a professor’s name from a campus building after revelations he excavated a Native American burial site... Read more »

Tulsa Race Massacre reparations is soul-redeeming work for the US, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer says

NEW YORK — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His... Read more »

A nonprofit sues the feds over plans to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue : NPR

With a blue sky above the Lincoln Memorial, people walk along the reflection pool in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP A... Read more »

Texas man accused of killing pregnant wife claims innocence in Italy

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas man accused of killing his pregnant wife then cutting off his ankle monitor and fleeing the country told a judge in Italy... Read more »

Democrats vow to fight $1 billion Senate security proposal for White House ballroom

WASHINGTON — Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom as Democrats say they will... Read more »

AJC’s Andrew Morse steps down 3 years into $150 million reinvention : NPR

Andrew Morse is stepping down as publisher and president of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution next month. Morse had aimed to achieve 500,000 paying digital subscribers by the end of 2026. He now says... Read more »

Trump rejects Iran proposal as ‘totally unacceptable’ and more top headlines

President Donald Trump is seen during a military Mother’s Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC,  on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.  (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)... Read more »

Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan, the island democracy China claims

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, in his return to the White House, has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that is raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with Chinese President... Read more »