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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump's deployment of National

Guard troops in Chicago can continue, at least for now. Federal Judge April Perry is giving

the administration two days to respond to Illinois's lawsuit

challenging the deployment. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says Trump is causing chaos to create

the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act. That's the 18th century law that allows a president

to use the U.S. military against Americans on U.S. soil under certain conditions.

Trump says he's willing to go there.

Well, I do it if it was necessary.

So far it hasn't been necessary.

But we have an insurrection act for a reason.

If I had to enact it, I'd do that.

If people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up. Sure, I do that. I mean,

I want to make sure that people aren't killed. We have to make sure that our cities are safe.

Trump argues troops are needed to help fight crime and to ensure that federal agents can enforce

immigration laws in the city. Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are holding talks in Egypt today on a possible

end to the war in Gaza. President Trump and Arab countries are urging both sides to reach a deal,

and soon, NPR's Kerry Khan reports, there are still major sticking points. President Trump warned

Hamas if it doesn't cede power and release all 48 hostages, dead and alive,

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