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A U.S.

official confirms to NPR as many as 1,500 active-duty troops in Alaska are on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota.

President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send troops to the state to deal with protests in Minneapolis over immigration enforcement.

Mayor Jacob Fry told ABC's This Week his city will not be intimidated.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into Fry and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on whether their public statements have interfered with law enforcement.

Fry calls this deeply concerning that as mayor, he has the responsibility to speak on behalf of his constituents.

As President Trump's approval rating hovers slightly above 40%, he's been working to communicate to voters his plans to make life more affordable.

Implementation is another matter.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.

Members of the European Union held an emergency meeting in Brussels today.

They're increasingly alarmed over President Trump's heightened rhetoric about taking Greenland and imposing new tariffs on European allies.

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

You're listening to NPR News in Washington.

Israel is objecting to two of the people President Trump has named to a new executive board to oversee the governing of Gaza to replace Hamas.

They are the foreign minister of Turkey and a senior official from Qatar.

Israel sees those two countries as supporting Hamas.

Today in Portugal, voters are choosing a new president for the next five years.

There are 11 candidates.