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official confirms that 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.

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

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

If a deal to accomplish that doesn't happen.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

Eleanor Beersley, NPR News, Paris.

Homebuilders are feeling pessimistic.

A survey by the National Homebuilders Association in Wells Fargo found builder confidence was down in January.

NPR's Stephen Bissaha reports.

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Officials in Guatemala said today hundreds of anti-riot police entered a maximum security prison and freed guards who had been taken hostage by prisoners.

Dozens of guards are still being held at two other prisons, apparently part of a coordinated inmate uprising.

More cities are turning to artificial intelligence to help address homelessness using data and predictive algorithms to try to stop it before it starts.

NPR's Windsor Johnston reports on the effort to bring tech into the social safety net.

It's cold throughout much of the U.S.