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President Trump now says he doesn't think he needs to use the

Insurrection Act when it comes to protesters in Minneapolis. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports the

two-century old power allows a president to call in troops to states, historically, to tamp

down violent protests. Earlier this week, the president proposed the idea of using the Insurrection

act to quell protests in Minneapolis that intensified after an ICE officer killed an American citizen Renee Macklin Good.

He called the protesters, quote, professional agitators and insurrectionists, and he said he could use the Insurrection Act to put an end to the backlash against ICE.

Minnesota Attorney General

Keith Ellison said that if Trump had invoked the act, he would challenge it in court. Now, though,

Trump says he doesn't think he needs to use that rarely utilized power anymore, but added,

quote, if I needed it, I'd use it. Deepa Shiverum, NPR News, the White House.

Venezuela's opposition leader says she is sure she will return to her home country and that eventually there will be a transition to free elections.

Maria Karina Machado spoke in Washington, D.C. today one day after meeting President Trump at the White House and presenting him with her Nobel Peace Prize.

His administration has sidelined Machado since the U.S. ousted Nicolas Maduro.

NPR's Kerry Khan reports.

Machado was asked what her role will be in Venezuela given that President Trump backs the

interim president essentially leaving the Maduro government intact.

She says the acting leader, Delce Rodriguez, is a communist

and runs a, quote, criminal regime,

but Machado steered clear of criticizing the U.S.

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