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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (right) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before their meeting to discuss China-U.S. trade, in London on Monday. Li Ying/Xinhua/AP hide caption

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National Park Service Jennifer Mummart holds the photo of Selina Norris Gray, at the site where was taken at Arlington National Cemetery Oct. 9, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Gray was a black woman known for saving some of George Washington's heirlooms when Union soldiers seized and occupied Arlington House, the home of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee, on May 24, 1861. Jose Luis Magana/AP/FR159526 AP hide caption

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Justin Carlyle, age 23, photographed on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, has lived with addiction to fentanyl and other drugs for a decade. After a decade when overdoses devastated young Americans, drug deaths among people in the U.S. under age 35 are plummeting. The shift is saving thousands of young lives every year. Rachel Wisniewski/NPR hide caption

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Fentanyl deaths among the young are dropping. Can the trend continue?

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Tensions in Los Angeles remain high after the Trump administration called in National Guard against the wishes of city leaders. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption

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Retired Marine Corps. leader concerned about military deployment in LA

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People gather in front of Ambiance Apparel after several employees were taken into custody by federal agents in the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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An undated photo of Travis Decker, the Washington state father who is wanted for murder after his three young daughters were reported missing and then found dead. Wenatchee Police Department/AP hide caption

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National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC on June 08, in Los Angeles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Rep. Adam Smith, House Armed Services Committee member, discusses LA troop deployment

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The National Guard stands outside of a downtown jail in Los Angeles following clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 08 in Los Angeles, California. Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America hide caption

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The Widener Library on the Harvard University Campus in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is at the forefront of the Trump administrations efforts to reshape higher education. Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption

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California Highway Patrol officers attempt to control crowds on the 101 Freeway during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Protests erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began around the city, with National Guard troops deployed despite objections from local officials. Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption

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California AG Rob Bonta discusses suit against Trump administration over deployments

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An anti-ICE sentiment is spray painted on a crosswalk in Little Tokyo. Photographed on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian discusses city's move to end agreement with ICE

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Justin Carlyle, age 23, photographed on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, has lived with addiction to fentanyl and other drugs for a decade. After a decade when overdoses devastated young Americans, drug deaths among people in the U.S. under age 35 are plummeting. The shift is saving thousands of young lives every year. Rachel Wisniewski for NPR/Rachel Wisniewski for NPR hide caption

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Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

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A person waves a Mexican flag in front of California National Guard members standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles on Monday. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Per California Gov. Newsom, Trump order to send in Guard affects all states

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Soldiers watch civil rights protesters walking during the third Selma March in Alabama, on March 25, 1965. President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to prevent violence against the marchers. William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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