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🗓️ 24 August 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Kroc, whose bequest |
| 0:05.5 | serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio and seeks to help NPR produce programming |
| 0:12.2 | that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression. |
| 0:18.4 | Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is threatening to send the |
| 0:23.5 | National Guard to several Democrat-led cities, New York and Baltimore, among them, after sending |
| 0:29.1 | them to Washington, D.C. And Pierce, Tamara Keith, has more. The Washington Post is exclusively |
| 0:34.3 | reporting that the Pentagon has been drawing up planning documents to deploy |
| 0:38.9 | troops to Chicago to crack down on crime, homelessness, and undocumented immigration. |
| 0:45.3 | Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker wrote on social media, quote, Donald Trump's threat to |
| 0:50.3 | bring in the National Guard to Chicago isn't about safety. It's a test of the limits of his power |
| 0:55.3 | and a trial run for a police state. Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle |
| 1:00.7 | crime, but we won't let a dictator impose his will. And Pierce Tamara Keith, Maryland's governor |
| 1:06.4 | also criticized Trump's actions. The new congressional map pushed through the Texas legislature by |
| 1:12.6 | Republicans is already facing legal challenges. They were requested by President Trump to improve |
| 1:18.4 | Republican prospects in next year's midterm elections. Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton has more. |
| 1:25.6 | Lawmakers approved the map on Saturday in the early morning hours. |
| 1:29.2 | The new map heavily favors Republicans and was pushed by the Trump administration to shore up |
| 1:34.2 | Republican ranks in Congress for the approaching midterm elections. The lawsuit was filed against |
| 1:39.4 | Governor Greg Abbott and Secretary of State Jane Nelson on behalf of 13 Texas residents collectively |
| 1:45.4 | called the Gonzalez plaintiffs. The suit claims the redrawn map is racially discriminatory |
| 1:51.0 | and also argues that the redrawing of congressional maps before the next census is unconstitutional. |
| 1:57.3 | The map was pushed through by Republicans after a lengthy battle which saw Democrats |
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