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What are the latest updates on the Venezuelan earthquakes?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez says intense rescue efforts are underway following back-to-back earthquakes Wednesday evening. In a late-night appearance on state television, Rodriguez said at least 32 people were killed and some 700 injured. But that initial casualty figures do not include the worst affected areas.
The quake's collapsed buildings and sent residents into the streets. Reporter Maria Graterol is in Caracas.
I was at home when the earthquake happened. It was kind of... fast, but it was super strong. So you could actually see the scratches on the walls. You saw and felt how everything was shaking.
The quakes are reported to be among the strongest to hit Venezuela in more than a century. On Capitol Hill, the Republican-led Senate has reversed itself, working late into the night to vote down a war powers resolution after passing a similar measure the day before.
The vote to reject this latest resolution blocking the Iran war came after a tense meeting on Capitol Hill between Senate Republicans and President Trump. More than 4,600 National Guard troops stationed in Washington, D.C., ahead of the nation's 250th birthday celebration. They were sent by governors from almost two dozen states, including some Democrats. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
The additional Guard members are part of a, quote, summer surge in law enforcement announced by federal officials last month. President Trump deployed the National Guard to D.C. back in August of last year as part of an initiative to fight crime, although the Guard have no arresting power.
Several hundred are from D.C., with at least 20 states sending troops as well, most with Republican governors, with Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina each sending more than 500. But in recent weeks, Democratic governors have also sent troops to the city, including Michigan, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
The Guard are largely patrolling residential neighborhoods and federal property at a cost of more than $2.7 million per day. Kat Lonsdorff, NPR News, Washington.
To southern Utah, where the Cottonwood Fire has exploded in size, growing to more than 60,000 acres since it sparked Monday evening. Ashley Orduna with the member station KUER in Salt Lake City has more.
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