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NPR News: 09-01-2025 8PM EDT

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

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NPR News: 09-01-2025 8PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. Workers over billionaires protests targeting President Trump and Big Money influence are happening across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend.

0:36.1

Events are planned in all 50 states and in Chicago.

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No troops in Chicago.

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No troops in Chicago.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson led thousands of protesters against the Trump administration's threat

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to send in federal forces.

0:51.0

Are you prepared to defend this land, this land that was built by slaves,

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a land that was built by indigenous people, a land that is built by workers. Are you prepared to

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defend this land? Trump has said he will target Chicago next for a federal crime crackdown.

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Over the weekend, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem acknowledged plans are underway to expand an immigration operation there.

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The president of Guatemala says his country is ready to accept unaccompanied minors from the U.S.

1:27.7

As Villa Marx reports, a U.S. federal judge yesterday had blocked the transfer of some children.

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President Bernardo Erivalo said his nation would every week be ready and willing to receive around 150 children who are separated from their parents inside the U.S.

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He told journalists in Guatemala City that his government

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had been coordinating with US authorities, but said ultimately Washington could decide whether to send

1:49.3

the children and at what scale and speed. The Trump administration has sought to deport hundreds

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