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President Trump says New Orleans could be the next city to see National Guard deployment as part of a federal effort to fight crime.

NPR's Franco Ordone's reports, Trump says, the governor of Louisiana welcomes the move.

President Trump says his administration is currently considering sending troops

to Louisiana instead of Illinois, where state and local officials have vowed not to cooperate

with the administration. So we're making a determination now. Do we go to Chicago or do we go to a place

like New Orleans where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in?

Trump says he wants to send the National Guard to Chicago, but that local officials should ask for federal assistance.

He's also floated the idea of sending troops to New York and Baltimore.

Franco, Ordojouz. NPR News, the White House.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing for legislation that would require the Justice

Department to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

House GOP leaders oppose it, but four Republicans, including Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green,

have signed a petition that would force the House to vote on the bill.

I asked my Republican colleagues not to choose just one path for justice and transparency and accountability,

but I asked my Republican colleagues to choose every path for justice and accountability. But I asked my Republican colleagues to choose every path for justice and

accountability and transparency. Outside the Capitol today, a group of Epstein survivors and

family members of victims shared their stories calling for the full public release of the files.

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