NPR News: 10-19-2025 3PM EDT
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Why is the White House planning National Guard deployments to U.S. cities including San Francisco?
President Trump says he's moving ahead with plans to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, despite pushback from local leaders who call it a political stunt. The move comes a week after Trump first floated the idea, saying he wants to address what he describes as crime and homelessness in the city. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
Trump has ordered National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., Memphis, Chicago, and Portland. The president tells Fox News he is adding San Francisco to the list.
We're going to go to San Francisco. The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco.
California State Senator Scott Weiner responded directly on X, saying, quote, we don't want your invading army or ski mask secret police. Trump has faced legal challenges in Chicago and Portland, where federal judges have temporarily barred his National Guard deployments. But Trump says he has another tool.
I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power. I choose not to.
The rarely used Insurrection Act allows military troops to search and arrest U.S. citizens. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
The government shutdown is entering its fourth week with no deal in sight. Congressional Democrats and Republicans continue to blame each other as the stalemate drags on. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's This Week.
We haven't heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the last few weeks. They have gone radio silent.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC News that it's up to the Democrats.
I refuse to allow us to come back and engage in anything until the government's reopened, when the Democrats do the right thing for the people.
Lawmakers remain at odds over health care tax credits. If the shutdown continues through the end of the month, more federal employees, including military service members, will miss their next full paychecks. Some national parks and museums remain closed, flight delays are mounting, and backlogs for new small business loans and flood insurance are growing. The COVID-19 vaccines may do more than protect people against the coronavirus. NPR's Rob Stein reports the shots may also help fight cancer. That's according to new research.
Researchers at the University of Florida studied more than 1,000 patients being treated for advanced lung and skin cancer and found that those who had gotten a COVID vaccine, in addition to powerful immune system drugs, were significantly more likely to survive than patients who hadn't gotten a COVID shot. The researchers say the COVID vaccines appear to help rev up the immune system to battle cancer, but more research is needed to explore how the COVID vaccines might help cancer patients. Rob Stein, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. China is accusing the U.S. National Security Agency of hacking its National Time Service Center. Beijing claims the cyber attack targeted staff at the facility in 2022 and extracted sensitive information.
What legal tools is President Trump citing to deploy troops and what are local leaders saying?
The allegations come amid growing tensions between the two countries over digital surveillance and cybersecurity. The U.S. Embassy has not commented. It was a dramatic scene at the Louvre in Paris this morning. Rebecca Rossman reports masked men broke into the museum and made off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Seven minutes. That's how long police say it took three masked men armed with chainsaws to steal nine pieces of jewelry from the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, including necklaces, a brooch, and a tiara. A museum spokesperson told NPR the pieces are of, quote, "...inestimable cultural and historical value." France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez says the thieves entered through a window shortly after the museum opened... and used box cutters to smash display cases.
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