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President Trump is warning there might not be back pay for some of the 750,000 federal workers furloughed during the government shutdown.

That would be a reversal of a policy he himself signed into

law in his previous term. Trump said some people, quote, don't deserve to be taken care of.

Texas National Guard troops are in Chicago today to support federal immigration enforcement

at the request of President Trump. Blaise Ganey reports from the Texas newsroom.

Illinois Governor J.B. Prisker

condemned the move as an invasion and urged Texas Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw support.

But Abbott has backed Trump's decision and posted photos of Texas Guard members boarding planes,

calling them elite and ever-ready. Normally, governors control their National Guard units,

but the president can federalize

them in rare situations. A power the Trump administration argues is justified by what they

call rebellion against federal authority. The administration says the troops are needed to protect

federal personnel and property as immigration enforcement intensifies. I'm Blaise Ganey in Austin. Today is the second

anniversary of Hamas' attack on Israel that led to Israel's war in Gaza. In Egypt, negotiators are

meeting for a second day of talks aimed at ending the conflict. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.

Egypt's foreign ministers as talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharma Sheikh continue involving

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