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Why did President Trump propose renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dualisa Kautao. President Trump has signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense, a name that's been used since nineteen forty-nine. Trump will ask Congress to approve renaming it the Department of War, as in Pierre's Quill Lawrence reports.
Last month President Trump floated returning the Department to its name before World War II when the U.S. Army was led by the Department of War. Now speaking at the White House, Trump said that name sounds better. And he suggested the US would have fared better in the wars since if the name hadn't changed. We could have won every war, but we We really chose to be a very Politically correct or wokey. By law, Congress would need to change the name, but Trump said he isn't sure that's necessary. Trump also issued a warning after Venezuelan military planes flew close to U.S.
How is the Trump administration planning to use the National Guard for immigration enforcement in Chicago?
warships off the Venezuelan coast. Trump told his top general if it happens again to essentially fire at will. Quill Lawrence NPR News.
In Chicago, residents there said they are on edge. Bracing for the Trump administration to deploy the National Guard in connection with increased immigration enforcement and deportations. Adriana Cardona Magidad is with member station WBEZ and has the latest.
City officials said uh they've learned there could be some couple hundred federal agents arriving sometime soon at a naval base in Norteborough, Chicago. But we don't know exactly how many have arrived yet. My colleagues spoke with officials who asked to remain anonymous because they did not have permission to speak on the record. And said the agents who are there have been practicing crowd control tactics with shields and flashbang grenades. This enforcement is expected to last for at least six weeks.
That's Adriana Cardonomagidad who covers immigration for WBE Z.
What new safety and disaster‑preparedness laws did Texas Governor Greg Abbott sign after the deadly floods?
Texas governor Greg Abbott has signed sweeping new laws aimed at improving youth camp safety and strengthening the state's disaster preparedness. As Texas newsrooms Lucio Vasquez reports, this follows one of the deadliest floods in recent US history.
Governor Abbott, flanked by children and families who've lost loved ones, said grieving parents pressed him for swift action.
They pleaded that their daughters did not die in vain.
The new laws impose stricter safety rules on youth camps throughout the state. Lawmakers also set aside nearly three hundred million dollars for flood sirens and disaster aid. It's all in response to July's catastrophic hill country floods, which killed more than one hundred and thirty people, nearly forty of them children.
Every child who goes to camp should come home to their families.
The bills stalled last month after Texas Democrats fled the state to block a Republican backed redistricting plan, which ultimately passed. For MPR News, I'm Lucio Vasquez in Houston.
It's NPR. More anti-war protests by hostage families in Israel are planned this weekend to mark seven hundred days since Hamas's October seventh attack on southern Israel.
What are the upcoming anti‑war protests in Israel demanding regarding the Gaza conflict?
And to call on the Israeli government to end its planned takeover of Gaza City. On Friday, Hamas released a video claiming to show two Israeli hostages taken from the twenty twenty three music festival, Guy Gilboa Dalal and Alan Ohil. The BBC reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with the parents of both captives According to a statement from his office, quote, no evil propaganda video will weaken us but or divert us from our determination to achieve the release of all hostages. Police have arrested two teens in connection with the high profile shooting death of a congressional intern in Washington DC. As Alex Coma of Member Station WAMU reports, they're being charged with first degree murder.
The killing of twenty one year old Eric Tarpinium Jacob is one of several prominent crimes that have become a rallying cry for President Trump as he sought to control DC's affairs. Prosecutors believe two seventeen year olds were targeting another man in a drive by shooting when they inadvertently killed the intern instead.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did President Trump propose renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War?
0:01–0:52
2
How is the Trump administration planning to use the National Guard for immigration enforcement in Chicago?
0:52–1:56
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What new safety and disaster‑preparedness laws did Texas Governor Greg Abbott sign after the deadly floods?
1:56–3:12
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What are the upcoming anti‑war protests in Israel demanding regarding the Gaza conflict?
3:12–4:28
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Why were two teens charged as adults for the shooting death of a congressional intern in Washington, D.C.?
4:28–4:36
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How does this episode wrap up the latest NPR News headlines?
4:36–4:38