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NPR's Linda Kenyon walks through the staggering details of President Trump's 2025 financial disclosure, filed with the Office of Government Ethics across 927 pages. The headline figure: more than $1 billion in earnings, with crypto at the center ^{[1] — Linda Kenyon "Trump's 2025 financial disclosure shows the president and his family earned over $1 billion — led by $600M in meme coin sales and $500M fro…" 02:00 Play} . World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Trump and family, generated over $500 million, while meme coins — launched days before his second inauguration — brought in more than $600 million on their own. Trump-branded merchandise added millions more: watches alone cleared $4.7 million, and media settlements added more than $50 million. All of this is on top of overseas real estate ventures tied to countries currently negotiating with the US on tariffs and military aid. The White House, through spokesperson Anna Kelly and Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, denied any wrongdoing, with Trump himself insisting he has no contact with those managing his investments ^{[2] — Donald Trump "When reporters pressed Trump on his billion-dollar earnings, he insisted he has no contact with those managing his investments. His answer …" 03:55 Play} . But critics were vocal: Senator Adam Schiff claimed Trump made more in year one of his second term than in his entire prior life, and Congressman Jason Crow called the crypto earnings 'grift and corruption.' Linda Kenyon also noted that Trump's first flight on a Qatar-gifted Air Force One — worth more than $400 million — added yet another layer to the conflict conversation.

NPR political reporter Elena Moore surveys the fast-moving landscape of the Democratic Socialists of America's primary surge. After wins in New York City, DSA-backed candidates scored again in Denver, where first-time candidate Melat Kiros — 29 years old, born in 1997, the very year her opponent Diana DeGette first won her seat — defeated the longtime progressive incumbent ^{[1] — Elena Moore "Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old first-time candidate, defeated Diana DeGette — a Denver congresswoman who has held her seat since 1997, the year…" 06:56 Play} . The DSA is not a political party but a membership group; its candidates run as Democrats and have coalesced around economic populism, abolishing ICE, and ending US military aid to Israel. They also reject corporate PAC money and pro-Israel lobbying donations — and make a point of attacking opponents who don't. Centrist Democrats are alarmed: Matt Bennett of Third Way warned that it is now 'very hard for Democrats to distinguish themselves' from the extreme label, even if they don't formally embrace DSA ^{[2] — Elena Moore "Democrats not aligned with DSA now face a bind: tap into the same anti-establishment energy without being painted as socialist extremists. …" 08:00 Play} . Meanwhile, DSA congressional winner Claire Valdez pushed back, arguing the movement reflects broad national consensus around recentering working-class Americans. With Trump already labeling the movement 'communists,' the challenge for mainstream Democrats is clear: how to tap populist energy without inheriting an unwinnable brand war.

Becky Sullivan calls it one of the wildest rides she's covered — and she was there for it. The US men's national team dispatched Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in the World Cup round of 16, delivering the program's first knockout-stage win in 24 years, but it was anything but comfortable ^{[1] — Becky Sullivan "The US men's national team beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 in the World Cup round of 16 — their first knockout-stage win in 24 years. The victo…" 09:32 Play} . The US went up 1-0 just before halftime, but then striker Folarin Balogun — already the tournament's breakout star with 3 goals in 3 games, tied for second-most all-time by a US man in a single World Cup — got his legs tangled with a Bosnian defender, stepped on his ankle, and was shown a red card after video review. The US played a man down for more than 25 minutes and looked vulnerable. Then came the moment: a yellow card on a Bosnian defender gave the US a free kick near the penalty area. Malik Tillman, described by Sullivan as one of the most soft-spoken athletes she's ever met, stepped up and buried a perfect shot over the defensive wall to make it 2-0. The game was sealed, but the celebration was bittersweet ^{[2] — Becky Sullivan "Folarin Balogun scored 3 goals in 3 World Cup games — tied for second-most ever by a US man in a single tournament — before a red card susp…" 11:50 Play} . Balogun, who has never previously received a red card for the national team, is now suspended for the match against Belgium — a team that thrashed the US 5-2 in a March friendly, though they've looked beatable in this World Cup. A win would send the US to the quarterfinals, matching the deepest modern-era run in program history.