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It also comes as South Korea's prime minister was in Washington, and President Trump said he's opening to resuming a dialogue with President Kim Jong-un.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues buying warehouses across the country to get new detention centers in place.

From Member Station KUER, Macy Lipkin reports on a new ICE facility in Salt Lake City.

Hawaii's governor has declared an emergency proclamation as the state is getting pounded by heavy rains and high winds, which have cut electric power to about 100,000 people.

I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan.

Israeli airstrikes rocked the heart of Beirut last night as part of Israel's renewed offensive in Lebanon.

This after the Iranian-backed militia group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel.

Israel says it will not stop until Hezbollah is completely defeated.

NPR's Hadal al-Shashi reports from Beirut.

A federal judge in Washington has stopped the Department of Justice from moving ahead on a criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve concerning cost overruns on the renovations at the reserve's D.C.

headquarters.

The judge said the investigation was improper, a campaign act by the Trump administration to pressure the reserve to cut interest rates more aggressively.

At a news conference, D.C.

's U.S.

attorney Janine Pirro says she will not back down on the probe.

This judge...

Republican Senator Tom Tillis called the investigation an embarrassment.

A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas, has convicted nine people on various charges.

This in connection with the July 4th shooting outside of an ICE detention center.