Up First from NPR
Trump's Crypto Earnings, Democratic Socialists Rising, USA Advances In World Cup
This episode of NPR's Up First covers three major stories. The lead story examines President Trump and his family's earnings of over one billion dollars in 2025, primarily from cryptocurrency ventures including World Liberty Financial and Trump-branded meme coins. The financial disclosure raises questions about potential conflicts of interest, though the White House denies any wrongdoing, stating the president's money is managed by closed accounts at large institutions. Critics, including Democratic lawmakers, have expressed concern about the president profiting from his office.
The episode also explores the rising success of Democratic Socialist candidates in recent primary elections in New York City and Denver, where candidates like 29-year-old Melat Kiros defeated longtime incumbents by running on economic populism and anti-establishment platforms. Republicans are attempting to use these victories to paint the entire Democratic Party as extreme, while Democrats face the challenge of harnessing this energy without the DSA label as they look toward midterm elections. Finally, the show covers the U.S. men's national team's dramatic 2-0 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the World Cup knockout stage, their first such win in 24 years, despite playing a man down after star striker Folarin Balogun received a red card.
15 min•cryptocurrency · presidential conflicts of interest
