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      <title>Veterans and relatives see no place for Trump's arch near Arlington National Cemetery</title>
      <description>Three Vietnam War veterans are suing to stop President Trump from building an arch just steps from Arlington National Cemetery, where 400,000 service members, veterans and their relatives are buried.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:26:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5851587/trump-arch-veterans-arlington-national-cemetery</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/4000x2667!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG' alt='Shaun Byrnes, 83, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Vietnam, arrives for an interview near Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on Monday, June 8, 2026. Public Citizen, representing Byrnes and other veterans, is suing the Trump administration to block construction of the proposed Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle.'/><p>Three Vietnam War veterans are suing to stop President Trump from building an arch just steps from Arlington National Cemetery, where 400,000 service members, veterans and their relatives are buried.</p><p>(Image credit: Eric Lee for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5851587' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Rachel Treisman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Report: ICE wasted millions, endangered detainees in largest immigration facility</title>
      <description>Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed concerns about conditions inside the facility.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:10:03 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5853534/report-ice-wasted-millions-endangered-detainees-in-largest-immigration-facility</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/3000x2000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2c%2F00%2Feb692fb14a3c9310355a96306d6c%2Fap26103430096478.jpg' alt='A sign marks the entrance to Camp East Montana immigrant detention center in the desert at a U.S. Army base on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13, 2026.'/><p>Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed concerns about conditions inside the facility.</p><p>(Image credit: <i>Morgan Lee</i>)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5853534' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Sergio Martínez-Beltrán</dc:creator>
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      <title>The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters</title>
      <description>Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:01:52 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5844328/us-china-data-centers-foreign-influence</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8192x5464+0+0/resize/8192x5464!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F11%2Fed%2F62b7951b4fc181a4eb775cc817d8%2Fgettyimages-2277371421.jpg' alt='Protesters hold signs in front the of the Utah State Capitol building to oppose the construction of the Stratos data center in Box Elder County on May 23, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.'/><p>Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.</p><p>(Image credit: Natalie Behring)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5844328' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Geoff Brumfiel</dc:creator>
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      <title>Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction</title>
      <description>The drill on Wednesday marked the first time the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system has been fired into the Taiwan Strait. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:29:24 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/g-s1-127253/taiwan-drills-with-us-rocket-system-firing-in-chinas-direction</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5000x3334+0+0/resize/5000x3334!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2Fc2%2F162500f24923845095cfd1a8b6a2%2Fap26161169647611.jpg' alt='A rocket is launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a military live-fire shooting training in Taichung City, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.'/><p>The drill on Wednesday marked the first time the U.S.-supplied HIMARS system has been fired into the Taiwan Strait. </p><p>(Image credit: Chiang Ying-ying)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-127253' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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      <title>Inflation tops 4% for the first time in 3 years on spike in gasoline prices</title>
      <description>Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, triggering a surge in gasoline prices.   </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:08:58 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5853077/inflation-over-4-cpi-gasoline-prices</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5853077/inflation-over-4-cpi-gasoline-prices</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/6000x4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb2%2Fa3%2F0494c0e14d2383f9881b486ed623%2Fgettyimages-2270119940.jpg' alt='Energy costs accounted for more than 60% of the monthly rise in the consumer price index in May.'/><p>Inflation has surged to its highest level in more than three years since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, triggering a surge in gasoline prices.   </p><p>(Image credit: Joe Raedle)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5853077' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Scott Horsley</dc:creator>
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      <title>July 1 brings big student loan changes. Here's what you need to know</title>
      <description>A popular (and generous) repayment plan ends, two new plans begin and many borrowers will see new loan limits.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5835633/student-loans-guide-education-changes-repayment-plan</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5835633/student-loans-guide-education-changes-repayment-plan</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/3000x2000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F52%2Fc5%2F0d2cedd84f708e040b4defbd83e2%2Fnpr-final-image-jenn-liv-2.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>A popular (and generous) repayment plan ends, two new plans begin and many borrowers will see new loan limits.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5835633' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Cory Turner</dc:creator>
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      <title>U.S. and Iran exchange strikes. And, House passes ICE and Border Patrol funding</title>
      <description>The U.S. and Iran have exchanged strikes after a helicopter was downed Monday near the Strait of Hormuz. And, House Republicans have passed a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through Trump's term.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:26:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/g-s1-127216/up-first-newsletter-iran-us-war-primary-results-ice-funding-bill-gates</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='undefined' alt='Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard holding less-lethal weapons as protesters gather outside Delaney Hall, which is being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey on June 6, 2026.'/><p>The U.S. and Iran have exchanged strikes after a helicopter was downed Monday near the Strait of Hormuz. And, House Republicans have passed a bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol through Trump's term.</p><p>(Image credit: Ryan Murphy)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-127216' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Brittney Melton</dc:creator>
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      <title>China re‑centers North Korea ties as nuclear silence reshapes balance</title>
      <description>Xi's silence on North Korea's nuclear program came as Kim tried to convince the world of the irreversibility of his country's status as a nuclear power.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/g-s1-127013/xi-jinping-visits-pyongyang-china-north-korea-ties</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5402x3602+0+0/resize/5402x3602!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F30%2F16%2F42b389b947b59574f5b934666b80%2Fap26160120809542.jpg' alt='In this photo provided by the North Korean government, Chinese President Xi Jinping (center left) shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center right) during a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Monday.'/><p>Xi's silence on North Korea's nuclear program came as Kim tried to convince the world of the irreversibility of his country's status as a nuclear power.</p><p>(Image credit: 朝鮮通信社)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-127013' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Anthony Kuhn</dc:creator>
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      <title>ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light</title>
      <description>In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5843159/ice-protester-database-dhs</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5568x3712+0+0/resize/5568x3712!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2F95%2Fe9f4c2da42358e81e09d8c2f5755%2Fgettyimages-2257434624.jpg' alt='Demonstrators attend an anti-ICE rally in Lewiston, Maine on January 24, 2026. Federal officials have acknowledged collecting information on some protesters, even as they deny maintaining a database tracking U.S. citizens.'/><p>In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.</p><p>(Image credit: Joseph Prezioso)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5843159' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Jude Joffe-Block</dc:creator>
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      <title>San Francisco immigration court shuts down, striking at heart of historic advocacy</title>
      <description>The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/g-s1-126345/san-franciso-court-immigration-closure-asylum-layoffs</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/4000x2667!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff3%2F12%2Fab3b48534399a95828b20c7f1ee0%2Fl1014591.jpg' alt='Elin, who immigrated seeking asylum from Nicaragua, is currently awaiting his final asylum hearing in San Francisco, and now will likely need to navigate the challenge of transport to the court in Concord, Calif., which is hours away from his home in San Francisco.'/><p>The main San Francisco court was one of the busiest in the country, hearing thousands of cases a year. It was also one of the courts most likely to grant an immigrants' asylum application.</p><p>(Image credit: Brian L. Frank for NPR)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-126345' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Ximena Bustillo</dc:creator>
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