Decades ago, Brazilian women made a discovery.

They could have an abortion without a doctor, thanks to a tiny pill.

That pill spawned a global movement, helping millions of women have safe abortions regardless

of the law.

Hear that story on the network from NPR's Embedded and Futuro Media, wherever you get your podcasts.

Around the country this weekend, millions were protesting the president's administration,

including his actions in Los Angeles.

President Trump announced he was deploying the National Guard as well as Marines just over a week ago

in response to protest downtown against ICE immigration raids and businesses and schools.

It's the first time since the

1992 riots over the acquittal of four police officers charged with assaulting Rodney King.

The president has called the National Guard into Los Angeles, but unlike in 1992,

California's governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, and the city's mayor, Democrat Karen Bass, do not want federal troops there.

For today's installment of our series, if you can keep it, where we discuss the big political stories of the moment and what they mean for the future of our democracy,

we ask, what are the legal boundaries and norms when it comes to deploying active duty troops in U.S. cities.

What does it mean for a president to use the military to tamp down protests and help him achieve

his goal of more deportations? I'm Jen White. You're listening to the 1A podcast, that

in more in a moment.

Hello, it's Sarah Gonzalez.

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sure we mean tariffs and global supply chains and interest rates,

but also we shot a satellite into space.

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