There's something wrong with the plumbing in Cincinnati.

Billions of gallons of raw sewage ends up in waterways every year.

And for some, that raw sewage is a lot closer to home.

When it's coming out of the drain down there, it's sewage.

The stench was terrible.

Listen to the Backed Up podcast from the NPR Network and Cincinnati Public Radio.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Skiyvone.

President Trump says he is ready to deploy National Guard troops to the city of Chicago

after a weekend where eight people died and 58 were wounded in gun violence.

Chicago is a hellhole right now.

Baltimore is a hell hall right now. Baltimore is a hell hall right now.

Trump says Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker should ask him to send in troops.

Pritzker told reporters he is not asking, but they're obviously ready to go.

So in the absence of significant federal coordination, we've gathered information from

unauthorized patriotic officials inside the government and from well-sourced

reporters about Donald Trump's plan, which is to deploy armed military personnel to the streets of Chicago.

National Guard troops have been on the ground in Washington, D.C. Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa will not run

for a third term next year. Iowa Public Radio's Catarina's historic has details. Ernst says serving as a

U.S. Senator has been the privilege of a lifetime and it wasn't an easy decision to not run for

re-election. Having been raised in a family who has given me so much love and support, now as our

family ages and grows, it's my time for me to give back to them. Ernst didn't say what she'll do

after her term is over. She was the first female combat veteran elected to the U.S. Senate and the

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