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from NPR and WBUR. Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker

was in Chicago today where he slammed President Trump's threat to make the city the next target and

his crackdown on crime.

Today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally

to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?

Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.

This morning, Chicago's Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, told NPR that his city is not calling

for American troops to occupy American cities.

At the White House today, Trump signed a series of executive orders, including one that would

create a specialized National Guard unit that could be deployed to assist local law enforcement.

And the White House said today that the deployment of guard troops and federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C.

has led to more than 1,000 arrests and more than 100 firearms seized.

The leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels has pleaded guilty to criminal

charges in U.S. federal court. Esmail Zampada Garcia, known as El Mio, was perhaps Mexico's

biggest drug lord. Here's NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting. For decades, El Mio Zambada was a leader of the

Sinaloa cartel, which he helped found, along with Joaquin El Chapo

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