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What is Operation Midway Blitz and how is it affecting Chicago's immigrant communities?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. The Trump administration is starting its long promised deportation campaign in Chicago. Alex Stegman with Member Station WB E Z reports the Department of Homeland Security announced Operation Midway Blitz this morning.
The effort is targeting Chicago, some of its suburbs, and Illinois at large over policies that protect residents without legal status. Daniel Biss is the mayor of Evanston, a sanctuary city that borders Chicago. Biss says local police officers will be clearly identified, and he's urging residents to trust them. Frightened. They need to know that Evanston Police Department is not going to be participating, and Evanston Police officers can be trusted.
How is the Trump administration planning to protect prayer in public schools?
DHS says the deportation effort honors twenty year old Katie Abraham, who was killed by a Guatemalan immigrant without legal status in a hit and run car crash earlier this year. For NPR News, I'm Alex Dagman in Springfield, Illinois.
President Trump is pledging to protect prayer in public schools with new guidance from the Department of Education. During remarks at a meeting of Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, Trump also promised to protect Judeo Christian values.
But you don't hear about anti Christian. Now you have a strong anti Christian bias, but we're Ending that rapidly, I will tell you.
Students are permitted to pray alone or in groups, such as part of a club, as long as it does not infringe. on the academic rights of other students.
Why did France’s Prime Minister lose the confidence vote and what are the implications?
The government of France has collapsed again. The French Prime Minister today lost a vote of confidence in his plans to cut the country's huge budget deficit. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the Prime Minister will likely resign in the coming hours.
The Speaker of the French National Assembly read out the vote on Prime Minister Francois Bayreux's deficit cutting plans. One hundred and ninety-four for, three hundred and sixty-four against. Bayreux said he called the risky vote of confidence because he wanted the parliament behind him and he wanted to alert the French to the gravity of the deficit, which is 114% of GDP. in less than two years, none has been able to enact his centrist agenda. The far left and far right, who have the biggest blocks in Parliament, are now demanding that a new Prime Minister come from their camps. After the vote, the far left crowed that Macron's policies that favor the rich and his social war against the people had been voted down.
Why are musicians pulling their music from Spotify over defense‑industry investments?
Far left leader Jean Luc Mélenchon posted on X that it's now time for Macron to go to. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News Paris. US
stocks have ended the day higher with the Dow closing up one hundred fourteen points at forty five thousand five hundred and fourteen. This is NPR News. Israeli forces say they leveled another high rise building in Gaza City that the military says its Hamas enemies have been using for surveillance. Israel's been warning residents to evacuate south as it pushes ahead with demolitions in Gaza City. BNC Financials acquiring First Bank in a deal worth more than four billion dollars. The deal expands PNC's presence in Arizona.
What is the latest Israeli military action in Gaza and its impact on civilians?
It also makes it the largest bank in the Denver, Colorado market. Nearly a dozen artists have removed their music from Spotify since June. It's the largest streaming service in the world, but musicians are leaving the platform In protests of the CEO's investments, NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has details.
A wave of artists has left Spotify in objection to CEO Daniel X ties to the defense company Helsing. The German startup focuses on artificial intelligence from military applications. It also manufactures drones. In June, X Venture Capital Firm raised more than seven hundred million dollars for Helsing. Since then, some artists have criticized Eck for investing in military technology.
How did U.S. stock markets close today amid global news?
Rock bands including Deer Hoof, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and Shoo Shoo have all pulled their music from Spotify. Jamie Stewart of Shoo Shoes says Spotify was a large source of digital revenue for their band.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Operation Midway Blitz and how is it affecting Chicago's immigrant communities?
0:01–0:45
2
How is the Trump administration planning to protect prayer in public schools?
0:45–1:42
3
Why did France’s Prime Minister lose the confidence vote and what are the implications?
1:42–2:41
4
Why are musicians pulling their music from Spotify over defense‑industry investments?
2:41–3:25
5
What is the latest Israeli military action in Gaza and its impact on civilians?
3:25–4:10
6
How did U.S. stock markets close today amid global news?
4:10–4:39