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Canada's Prime Minister Meets Trump, Abortion Lawsuit Surprise, Film Tariffs
06 May 2025
President Trump will meet with Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won his election on an anti-Trump platform. In a surprise move, the Justice Department asked for a lawsuit against the abortion medication mifepristone to be dismissed, and the global film industry is reeling after President Trump announced plans to hike tariffs on movies produced outside of the U.S. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Diane Webber, Jane Greenhalgh, Ciera Crawford, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Kaity Kline, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting the White House today.
Carney ran and won, promising to fight Trump on tariffs and musings about taking over. So how will this visit go?
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Justice Department is moving to dismiss a case restricting access to abortion medication, which puts them on the same side of the issue as the Biden administration was and most Democrats are now.
I would say the jury is still out, essentially, of how aggressive the Trump administration is going to be on medication abortion. What's the strategy here?
And President Trump wants higher tariffs on a new category of foreign imports, the movies.
Our industry recently has suffered greatly, and many Americans have lost jobs to productions that have gone overseas.
Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day. President Trump is hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House today.
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