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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, |
| 0:07.4 | working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:15.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The mayor of Chicago Brandon Johnson is limiting how much the city's |
| 0:22.4 | police force can cooperate with federal law enforcement agents. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, |
| 0:28.3 | it's in response to threats from the Trump administration to launch an immigration crackdown in the Midwest |
| 0:33.9 | City. President Trump has criticized Chicago leaders for not doing enough to prevent crime, |
| 0:38.7 | and now federal officials are suggesting they may ramp up immigration enforcement operations there, |
| 0:43.7 | but on Saturday, Chicago's Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson, signed an executive order, |
| 0:49.1 | setting limits on how the city's police department can be involved. It bars Chicago Police from collaborating |
| 0:55.1 | with federal officers conducting civil immigration enforcement operations or with U.S. military |
| 1:00.5 | personnel on patrols. It also requires Chicago police to wear their uniforms and refrain from |
| 1:06.2 | wearing masks so they can be distinguished from federal agents. Johnson says he doesn't want the Chicago |
| 1:11.5 | Police Department to be deputized by Trump. Joe Hernandez, NPR News. Former New York City |
| 1:17.8 | Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized with multiple injuries after a car accident. NPR's |
| 1:23.9 | Shondelie Stuster reports. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani was traveling on a New Hampshire |
| 1:29.2 | Highway Saturday when his car was, quote, struck from behind at a high speed, his spokesperson says. |
| 1:36.4 | Giuliani was transported to a trauma center where he was diagnosed with multiple lacerations and |
| 1:42.3 | contusions. He also has a fractured thoracic vertebrae |
| 1:46.7 | in injuries to his left arm and lower leg. The spokesperson also said that a business partner and |
| 1:53.0 | medical provider went to the hospital to oversee Giuliani's care. Giuliani is, quote, |
| 1:59.2 | in good spirits and recovering tremendously. The spokesperson who is also |
| 2:03.7 | Giuliani's head of security said the accident was not a targeted attack. Shandalee Duster, NPR News. |
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