Minnesota Shooting Arrest, Israel-Iran Conflict, G7 Kicks Off, Colorado Election Data

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🗓️ 16 June 2025

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An arrest has been made in the shooting of two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses, Israel and Iran are trading missile strikes with few signs of deescalation, President Trump has arrived at the G7 in Canada, and the Justice Department sent an unprecedented demand for election data to the state of Colorado.

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0:00.0	An arrest has been made in the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker in the shooting of another.
0:07.0	Police say a man was captured after the largest manhunt in that state's history.
0:11.5	We'll hear about who else he may have been targeting.
0:13.9	I'm Michelle Martin Densei Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	Another night of strikes and damage as Israel and Iran both widened attacks.
0:26.3	It was terrible.
0:27.8	Boom.
0:28.7	Big one.
0:29.6	Everything is shaking.
0:31.8	I'm afraid.
0:33.4	Is there any sign of de-escalation?
0:35.7	And President Trump has arrived in Canada for another tense reunion of G7 countries.
0:40.2	Discussions about Trump's trade wars and the Middle East conflict will be front and center.
0:44.0	And the Department of Justice is demanding an unprecedented amount of election data from Colorado.
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