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NPR News: 06-08-2025 5PM EDT

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

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0:00.0

Decades ago, Brazilian women made a discovery.

0:03.9

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

0:08.6

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

0:16.3

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

0:24.6

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump is sending

0:30.3

2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles as tensions flare between protesters

0:36.4

and immigration enforcement officers. This as a standoff

0:40.1

between the two groups continued for a third day. Saul Gonzalez of Member Station KQED has more from

0:46.2

Los Angeles. About three dozen armed troops stood guard in downtown LA Civic Center Sunday morning.

0:51.2

The area includes a detention center where those arrested in recent immigration raids have been taken for processing. Protesters showed up to challenge the military's

0:58.6

presence in the city. They were joined by Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who says

1:03.1

deployment of the National Guard is an act of intimidation by the Trump administration.

1:07.3

Trump hates us. He hates sanctuary city. He's going to try and make an example out of us. And this is how he's going to get to have martial law because he wants to go to us into a fight. California Governor Gavin Newsom is also accusing the Trump administration of trying to provoke a response and is asking protesters to stay calm and nonviolent. For NPR news, I'm Saul Gonzalez in Los Angeles.

1:30.4

A new Trump administration travel ban takes effect tomorrow, banning citizens of 12 countries

1:35.7

from visiting the U.S., and travelers from seven other countries would face restrictions.

1:41.3

Social worker Jim Ray helps immigrant families in South Carolina who fled the Taliban

1:46.3

controlled Afghanistan. Where it hurts the most is that the most vulnerable in Afghanistan cannot

1:53.5

have an opportunity to come any longer. And that is primarily because of the women's

2:00.6

rights being stripped from them.

2:04.0

Trump says the restriction is being imposed on countries that harbor terrorists

2:07.5

fail to cooperate on visa security and have a high rate of citizens who overstay their visas.

2:13.7

He says additional countries could be added to the travel ban as threats emerge around the world.

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