Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Active duty troops from Alaska are preparing for possible deployment to Minnesota. A U.S. official confirmed to NPR that the troops are now on standby. NPR's Luke Garrett has more.
Chapter 2: What recent military deployment is being discussed in Minnesota?
Up to 1,500 active duty soldiers in Alaska are preparing for a possible deployment to Minnesota. The prepare to deploy orders come after Trump said Thursday he'd implement the Insurrection Act unless local officials stop protesters from, quote, attacking immigration agents. The rarely used law allows for domestic military use.
In Minneapolis, protesters and federal officers have clashed after U.S. immigration and custom enforcement agents surged into the city. ICE agents have shot two people in the city this month, leaving one dead. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to NPR, quote, the Department of War is always prepared to execute the orders of the commander-in-chief if called upon.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry has called on city residents to remain peaceful and not give Trump an excuse to deploy the troops. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
European Union leaders held an emergency meeting in Brussels today over President Trump's calls for Greenland to be sold to the U.S. and his threats of an additional 10 percent tariff on eight European countries if that doesn't happen. Empire's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Greenland is not for sale.
Thousands gathered in Copenhagen this weekend to show solidarity with Greenland, an autonomous territory of EU and NATO member Denmark. On Sunday, European and NATO members issued a joint statement.
France, Germany, the UK, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden say Trump's threats over Greenland risk accelerating a dangerous downward spiral in relations between transatlantic and NATO allies. We stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of Denmark and the people of Greenland, they said.
We are ready to engage in dialogue with the U.S., but a dialogue based on the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
A survey by the National Home Builders Association and Wells Fargo found builder confidence was down in January. And here's Stephen Basaja has more.
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