🎧 Minnesota has not gone for Trump in the last three presidential elections, Minnesota Public Radio’s Clay Masters tells Up First. He adds that it's important for Republicans in the state to be willing to disagree with the president. Lindell lost to the state's Speaker of the House, Lisa Demuth, who was widely seen as the establishment favorite despite lacking Trump's endorsement and that of the state's Republican Party.

🎧 The press and the White House have a level of cooperation to ensure the president's movements are independently covered, especially in high-risk situations, NPR's Tamara Keith says. Often, embargoes are used to prevent information from being released until the president is safe. But Keith says the Trump administration ditched the press entirely and went to great lengths to continue the ruse after the immediate danger had passed, including having the Justice Department send FBI agents to serve subpoenas to journalists covering the security issues related to that flight. White House journalists traveling with the president work to ensure that the American public doesn't have to rely solely on the government’s word on what happens. This role is even more crucial during times of war and rampant conspiracy theories, Keith says.

🎧 NPR’s Jane Arraf spoke with Sheik Kathim al-Fartousi, the spokesman for Kata'ib Sayyid al Shuhada (KSS), a militia that refuses to disarm. The U.S. placed a $10 million bounty on the group's leader three years ago, and he's maintaining a low profile. Al-Fartousi told Arraf that KSS considers diplomatic missions to be forbidden targets, arguing that the military and intelligence functions at the U.S. Embassy no longer have protected status. He added that KSS has never targeted the American embassy itself, but rather the military base within the embassy compound. KSS and some other militias are also promising retaliation against Saudi Arabia for recent attacks on bases, while others are pushing for diplomatic solutions.