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What did the Venezuelan officials report about the U.S. raid and its casualties?

Corva Coleman 0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, Venezuelan officials say at least two dozen security officers were killed in the U.S. raid that captured ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Previously officials in Cuba said thirty-two of their personnel were also killed in the attack, and Pierre Kerry Kahn reports.

Kerry Khan 0:24

In announcing the death toll, Venezuela's attorney general Tarik William Saab said that the quote, war crimes against officers and civilians would be investigated. The hardline interior minister Diosdado Cabello joined pro government marchers in a large boisterous rally in Caracas, condemning what he called the kidnapping of Venezuela's rightful leader, while acting president Delcy Rodriguez decried the quote. terrible military aggression of the US, and in an apparent rebuke of President Trump's threat she stay in line with US demands, she said, quote, personally to those who threaten me, my destiny is not determined by them. But by God. Carry Con NPR News Bogota Columbia.

Corva Coleman 1:07

European leaders have issued a joint statement saying that Greenland's future can only be decided by its people and by Denmark, which controls the world's largest island.

How are European leaders responding to the debate over Greenland’s sovereignty?

Corva Coleman 1:17

Comments by the Trump administration got more appointed after the US raid into Venezuela. Rufus Gifford is the former US ambassador to Denmark. He says Greenland is different than Venezuela. Gifford says using the US military to take over Greenland would be a move against Denmark, a NATO ally, and against NATO's charter.

Rufus Gifford 1:38

The premise of Article Five is that if you attack one of us, you attack all of us. So the argument that we need Greenland for national security doesn't hold water.

Corva Coleman 1:49

The White House said yesterday that President Trump and his advisors are talking about a range of options to acquire Greenland. Hundreds of National Guard troops are being returned from federal service to their respective states. They were called into service to support the Trump administration's efforts to target illegal immigration. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Conrad Wilson has more.

Unknown 2:13

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Why is the Trump administration reconsidering the sale of NVIDIA AI chips to China?

Unknown 2:13

Northern Command confirmed 500 Federalized National Guard troops in California, Illinois, and Oregon are being demobilized and will return to their home units. The Guard members were federalized over the objections of all three governors, which led to lawsuits and court orders blocking troop deployments. Late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from deploying troops in Chicago. Dustin Bueller is special counsel to Oregon. It's highly likely that the President cannot use that same statute here. But speaking over the weekend, President Trump once again invoked Portland and didn't rule out using the Insurrection Act to send troops in the future.

Unknown 2:50

For MPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.

Corva Coleman 2:53

On Wall Street in pre market trading, Dow futures are flat. You're listening to NPR. As the Trump administration withdraws hundreds of National Guard troops around the country, it's also ramping up immigration efforts in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security says it has sent thousands of immigration agents into Minneapolis on an operation to target illegal immigration. President Trump has been saying, without providing evidence, that Somali and Somali Americans who run daycares are defrauding taxpayers.

What is the status of the National Guard deployments and the legal challenges they face?

Corva Coleman 3:26

Computer chipmaker NVIDIA is ramping up production of a kind of artificial intelligence chip. The Trump administration recently approved it for sale to China. NPR's John Ruich reports the tech giant says demand is strong.

John Rewich 3:40

The chips are called H-200s. They're a type of graphics processing unit that's widely used to run AI models. The U.S. government had banned them from being sold to China, but last month the Trump administration did an about face, giving NVIDIA a green light to sell H-200s to select customers in China. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says Chinese demand is high and the company has fired up its H two hundred supply chain in anticipation.