Kat Lonsdorff

A few Guard members in Ohio started an encrypted group chat so they could talk about what was happening with the deployments and process them together.

NPR met with three of them to talk about how they're feeling, what they would do if they were required to go on one of Trump's deployments and if they had thought about ending their military careers.

The Trump administration has said the deployments are necessary for law and order.

Federal judges and local governments have disagreed.

These three feel deeply uncomfortable with the possible direction they could be headed.

Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Ohio.

Trump says he got calls from Mark Zuckerberg and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, among others, asking him to hold off.

The president also posted that he had a phone call with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, about crime in the city.

Lurie has confirmed that call and says that he told Trump that crime is down and San Francisco is, quote, on the rise.

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Customs and Border Protection agents began arriving at Coast Guard facilities in the area this week, with protesters gathering outside.

Trump has also said he wants to send National Guard troops into San Francisco, something he's done in several other Democratic-led cities.

Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.

The spokesperson told NPR that the Department of Defense had instructed the Air Force to, quote, award a contract to modify a Boeing 747 aircraft for an executive airlift, saying further details are classified. They spoke on the condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to speak publicly. Trump has suggested the plane could be converted quickly for use as a new Air Force One.

The spokesperson told NPR that the Department of Defense had instructed the Air Force to, quote, award a contract to modify a Boeing 747 aircraft for an executive airlift, saying further details are classified. They spoke on the condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to speak publicly. Trump has suggested the plane could be converted quickly for use as a new Air Force One.

But experts say it will likely require significant upgrades to meet the high security and communications requirements, work that could take several years and cost anywhere from several hundred million to a billion dollars. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.

But experts say it will likely require significant upgrades to meet the high security and communications requirements, work that could take several years and cost anywhere from several hundred million to a billion dollars. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.

Protesters are demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas that would allow for the immediate release of all the hostages and another ceasefire in Gaza. If an agreement isn't reached, it is murder for the hostages, protesters chanted in Tel Aviv. Many feel the return to war has forsaken the remaining hostages to die in Gaza.

Protesters are demanding a deal between Israel and Hamas that would allow for the immediate release of all the hostages and another ceasefire in Gaza. If an agreement isn't reached, it is murder for the hostages, protesters chanted in Tel Aviv. Many feel the return to war has forsaken the remaining hostages to die in Gaza.

Israelis are also protesting what they say is the threat to their democracy, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his push for overhauling the judicial system, while also pushing to continue the war in order to appease far-right members of his government. Polls show a majority of Israelis are against the resumption of the war in Gaza. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.