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🎧 Before his parents convinced him to turn himself in, Robinson implied to them that he’d rather take his own life than go to jail, according to prosecutors. Robinson wore a suicide prevention smock to his first court appearance since he was taken into custody, which he attended remotely. NPR’s Tovia Smith tells Up First that the suspect showed no emotion as the judge read the charges against him. A text exchange between Robinson and his roommate appears to show the accused confessing to the deadly shooting. The roommate doesn't appear to have any advance knowledge of the shooting. Prosecutors say Robinson’s parents reported that their son recently shifted politically to the left and began focusing on trans rights after he started dating his roommate, who authorities say is a biological male transitioning to female.
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🎧 Tomorrow, the policy-focused portion of the trip will begin with a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The meeting isn’t completely separate from today’s list of events, says NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben. A U.K. foreign policy expert informed Kurtzleben that the idea is to use Trump's love of the monarchy to leverage the president on other issues, including U.S. companies investing in the U.K. Starmer and Trump could also talk about how European leaders want the president to give more support to Ukraine in the war against Russia. 

🎧 The Senate hearing lasted more than four hours and had “two starkly different messages,” according to NPR’s Elena Moore. Democrats spoke on reasons why they feel Patel isn’t fit for the job, pointing to his missteps. Republicans mostly stayed in Patel’s corner and focused on the issue of political violence. GOP lawmakers alleged that the far left is inciting a broader culture of political violence. However, Democrats opposed the narrative as they have also been targets in recent acts.