National Guard in D.C.; the long search for Austin Tice; jellyfish in a nuclear plant; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 13 August 2025
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Wednesday, August 13. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | National Guard troops are patrolling the streets of D.C. |
| 0:06.4 | If you live in Illinois, you can't get therapy from an AI chatbot. |
| 0:12.0 | And a nuclear power plant was no match for a swarm of jellyfish. |
| 0:18.3 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, August 13th. Let's get you caught up with today's |
| 0:27.9 | seven stories. |
| 0:32.2 | Number one. President Donald Trump began to deploy the National Guard in D.C. last night. |
| 0:40.3 | About 800 National Guard members are expected to take part in the president's extraordinary crackdown on the nation's capital. |
| 0:48.4 | On Monday, the president took federal control of the city's police department, |
| 0:53.5 | and he issued officers a far-reaching |
| 0:56.0 | mandate to, in the president's words, do whatever the hell they want to curb crime. |
| 1:02.4 | White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt laid out the administration's plans at a news conference |
| 1:07.7 | yesterday. Over the course of the next month, the Trump administration will relentlessly pursue an arrest |
| 1:13.3 | every violent criminal in the district who breaks the law, |
| 1:17.0 | undermines public safety, and endangers law-abiding Americans. |
| 1:21.2 | Trump has also said the National Guard will be used to clear homeless encampments. |
| 1:26.6 | Levitt said that those who don't leave will face |
| 1:29.1 | fines or jail time. Meanwhile, residents of the district told the post they felt uneasy with the |
| 1:35.4 | federal takeover. Here's D.C. local Dean Hunter. I feel violated. I don't feel safe with the |
| 1:42.2 | possibility of untrained FBI agents and military personnel who are untrained to do police services patrolling our streets. |
| 1:52.0 | The president's crackdown has renewed calls to make D.C. a state. |
| 1:57.2 | Democratic leaders say that statehood could have protected the district from Trump's interference. |
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