Rachel Abrams

And now her only option for an early release from prison is likely a pardon from President Trump.

And on Monday, a federal judge declined to block federal troops from heading to Chicago, setting up a fight between Illinois and the federal government.

The state has sued the Trump administration, claiming that it's creating chaotic and unsafe conditions for residents and violating the U.S.

Constitution.

We'll be covering the efforts by President Trump to send troops to Chicago and other cities on our show tomorrow.

Today's episode was produced by Nina Feldman, with help from Anna Foley.

It was edited by Ben Calhoun and Lindsay Garrison, with help from Patricia Willans.

It contains music by Marian Lozano, Dan Powell, Pat McCusker, Diane Wong, and Leah Shaw Demeron, and was engineered by Chris Wood.

That's it for The Daily.

I'm Rachel Abrams.

See you tomorrow.

I know. That's such a good answer. No. No, no, no. My dad was a screenwriter in L.A. that read comic books, which I read, and I was like, Lois Lane's the coolest person. Like, a reporter is the coolest person you could be. They had to give the man superpowers, but she is saving the world because she's smart and dogged and tenacious to speak truth to power and reveal things and uncover things.

I know. That's such a good answer. No. No, no, no. My dad was a screenwriter in L.A. that read comic books, which I read, and I was like, Lois Lane's the coolest person. Like, a reporter is the coolest person you could be. They had to give the man superpowers, but she is saving the world because she's smart and dogged and tenacious to speak truth to power and reveal things and uncover things.

I just, like, I want to be that. And I don't think there was any more thought. It was just that is how you can— coolest way to do good in the world.

I just, like, I want to be that. And I don't think there was any more thought. It was just that is how you can— coolest way to do good in the world.

Really early in my career at The Times, there was a story I worked on that I think will probably stay with me forever. General Motors was having this issue where their cars were just suddenly shutting off while people were driving them. And obviously, people were crashing. There were a lot of deaths.

Really early in my career at The Times, there was a story I worked on that I think will probably stay with me forever. General Motors was having this issue where their cars were just suddenly shutting off while people were driving them. And obviously, people were crashing. There were a lot of deaths.

Every reporter was trying to figure out who had died, piecing together various federal crash data to find the earliest victims, to notify them or to notify their survivors, their families, to let them know, you didn't just have an accident. Your car malfunctioned.

Every reporter was trying to figure out who had died, piecing together various federal crash data to find the earliest victims, to notify them or to notify their survivors, their families, to let them know, you didn't just have an accident. Your car malfunctioned.

You didn't do anything wrong. And reporters around the country, including a team I was on, we had basically identified all these people. But there was one person in one of the earliest, if not the earliest crash, and nobody could find her name. And everybody was looking for it. And... I was like, I will find this person.