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Overseas stock markets are in positive territory.
The regional markets in Asia rising following a fourth straight day of gains on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting on December 10th.
Led by tech companies, the S&P 500 rose seven-tenths of a percent on Wednesday.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained eight-tenths and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced seven-tenths.
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
President Trump says he is beefing up the presence of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.
He spoke in a social media video posted by the White House following the shooting of two West Virginia Guard members and identifying the suspect as someone who entered the U.S.
Trump is now calling for a reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered the U.S.
during the Biden administration.
Officials say those two guard members are hospitalized, reported to be in critical condition.
Authorities are still searching the area where the guard members were shot and critically injured, looking for clues as to why it happened.
Here's NPR's Jacqueline Diaz reporting.
A judge has dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Trump and others.
The decision Wednesday came after the prosecutor who replaced Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort in the courts over Trump's failed push to overturn the 2020 election.
White House envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Moscow next week looking for approval from Russian President Vladimir Putin for a draft peace plan with Ukraine.
The plan now said to be fine-tuned after Kiev had dismissed the initial plan because it favored Moscow.
NPR's Eleanor Beardser reports on leaked telephone conversations that appear to show Witkoff coaching a Putin aide on how to handle President Trump.