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Chapter 1: What recent events led to the mobilization of Minnesota's National Guard?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the state's National Guard to support local law enforcement. That's after he put the Guard on standby following the fatal shooting of Renee Mackling-Good by an ICE officer, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
Members of Minnesota's National Guard have been mobilized to support the state patrol, according to Guard Spokesperson Army Major Andrea Suchia, who clarified that troops are not deployed to city streets at this time. She said that troops are, quote, staged and ready to respond across the city.
In a post on X, the Minnesota Guard said that if troops are deployed, they will be wearing bright yellow reflective vests over their uniforms to, quote, help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms.
Chapter 2: How is the Trump administration impacting international trade relationships?
This is different from other places in the country where National Guard troops have been federalized by President Trump and deployed to cities, and local residents have often said it's difficult to tell them apart from federal agents. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Minneapolis.
President Trump is threatening to impose an additional 10 percent import tax starting next month on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to U.S. control of Greenland. That set up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland would face that tariff.
Trump says it would climb to 25 percent on June 1st if Denmark doesn't sell Greenland to the U.S. Denmark says Greenland isn't for sale. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of U.S.
Chapter 3: What challenges is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau currently facing?
lawmakers is in Copenhagen today to meet with Danish and Greenlandic leaders. NPR's Barbara Sprunt has more.
This was a group of about a dozen lawmakers, mostly Democrats. There were two Republicans, both of whom have shown a willingness in the past to push back on the Trump administration. And this was, at its core, a reassurance tour. You know, they were coming to listen and hear the concerns of politicians around. of both Denmark and Greenland, as well as some Danish business leaders.
NPR's Barbara Sprott reporting.
The former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Trump administration's sidelining of the agency is hurting affordability for Americans. As NPR's Stephen Basaja reports, the Trump administration has tried various efforts to dismantle the CFPB's
Chapter 4: What are the latest updates on NASA's Artemis II mission?
A district court judge has temporarily blocked many of the administration's actions to dismantle the CFPB, but also recently wrote the agency is, quote, hanging by a thread. Rohit Chopra was fired from his role leading the CFPB early in Trump's current term. He says the agency's purpose is to protect people's pocketbooks.
When you do not make sure that financial companies are following the law, that is a tax on every single American person. with a bank account or credit card or student loan.
NPR's Stephen Basaja reporting. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. After a long, slow roll from the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA's giant new moon rocket Artemis II is finally on its launch pad. It took most of the day for the rocket to get there, moving at one mile an hour.
The rocket is set to blast off to the moon with four astronauts on board as early as next month.
Chapter 5: How has Uganda's presidential election been received internationally?
It will carry them around the moon and come back home for the first time since the Apollo lunar landing program ended in 1972. Uganda's president has again been declared the winner of the presidential elections, extending his 40-year grip on power. This comes after an election marred by a government-imposed internet blackout and reports of deadly violence.
The main challenger says he's in hiding after police raided his home. NPR's Emmanuel Akunwotu has more.
81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders and has won a seventh election. But the polls have been roundly condemned by rights groups amid an internet blackout and several election observers banned from monitoring the vote. Museveni's main challenger, 43-year-old Bobby Wine, said the results were fake.
Police raided the former pop singer's home on Friday night, but Wine escaped to a safe location, he said, in a video posted on social media. Dozens of supporters from his National Unity Platform Party were killed by police, he said, including 10 who were monitoring the results.
Chapter 6: What weather impacts are expected for major U.S. cities?
Police, however, said seven were killed and accused them of attacking a police station. Emmanuel Akimotu, NPR News, Lagos.
A winter storm could bring snow to Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston tomorrow. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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