Nationwide protests; Trump at ‘Les Mis’; Air India crash; Brian Wilson’s essential songs; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 12 June 2025
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Thursday, June 12. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | It's gearing up to be a divisive weekend in America. |
| 0:07.1 | President Donald Trump was booed and cheered at LeMiz, and the music world paid tribute to the |
| 0:13.1 | genius of Ryan Wilson. |
| 0:15.2 | That's some of what we'll get to on The Seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:19.1 | I'm Rennie Svanovovsky in for Hannah Jewell. |
| 0:21.6 | It's Thursday, June 12th. |
| 0:23.6 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:30.2 | Number one. |
| 0:31.8 | Protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids |
| 0:35.2 | are continuing to spread across the country. Last night, |
| 0:39.3 | a curfew for part of downtown Los Angeles was extended as protests continued. And demonstrations |
| 0:45.7 | have spread to several other cities. They include Chicago, New York, San Antonio, and Spokane, |
| 0:51.9 | Washington, which also issued a curfew last night. |
| 0:55.5 | As the protests grow, the Trump administration is considering its next move. |
| 1:00.7 | Officials said yesterday that President Trump is prepared to send National Guard troops into more U.S. cities beyond Los Angeles. |
| 1:08.2 | That would potentially open the door to the most extensive use of military force |
| 1:12.6 | on American soil in modern history. And this weekend could also be volatile. A massive military |
| 1:20.1 | parade will take place in D.C. on Saturday to mark the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. |
| 1:26.8 | It's also President Trump's 79th birthday. |
| 1:29.9 | And while that's going on, demonstrators plan to flood hundreds of cities and towns for no king's protests. |
| 1:37.5 | Organizers say they're taking a stand against what they see as President Trump's authoritarian tactics. |
| 1:48.7 | Thank you. as President Trump's authoritarian tactics. President Trump was booed and cheered while taking in lay-miz at the Kennedy Center. |
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