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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The Pentagon is telling 1,500 active-duty troops in Alaska

to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota, NPR has confirmed. This amid growing protests

after an ice agent shot and killed Renee Mackling Good in Minneapolis earlier this month.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department has opened criminal investigations

into the state's governor and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Fry. Of course, we will comply in it,

but at the same time, we need to be understanding how wild this is. And whether it's Senator Slokkin

or Governor Walls or myself, this is not the way that we

conduct ourselves in America. Speaking there on ABCs this week, President Trump is expected to

announce a plan letting Americans use their retirement savings for down payments on homes at the

World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that starts tomorrow.

Trump offered few details on how it will work, but the White House says he will present a final

plan in Davos this week. Meanwhile, President Trump's approval rating hovers slightly above 40

percent, and he's been working to communicate to voters his plans to make life more affordable.

Implementation? That's another matter. And here's Daniel Kurtzleben reports.

Some of Trump's ideas he has been able to enact himself, like pulling back tariffs he himself

instituted on some foods and beverages. Some he would need Congress to pass, like the outline of a health care

plan he pitched, which would give Affordable Care Act subsidy money directly to consumers.

Speaker Mike Johnson has given a tepid response to another new Trump idea to cap credit card

interest rates at 10%. Trump has been putting more energy into the affordability message since

Democrats won November elections by leaning into that topic.

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