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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. 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. NPR's Luke Garrett has more.
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.
What are President Trump's plans for deploying National Guard troops?
Former New York Congressman George Santos is speaking out two days after being released from prison. And Pierce Windsor Johnston reports President Trump commuted the Republican sentence, calling it excessive.
George Santos had pleaded guilty to fraud and aggravated identity theft and was serving a seven-year sentence. In an interview on CNN, Santos said he's grateful to get a second chance.
I have made a very concise decision to apply that for good and use that to make amends with my community, with my friends, with my family and those who I have left a sour taste in their mouth. And hopefully one day get my critics to at least appreciate that I've turned around.
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have criticized Trump's decision to commute his sentence, saying the former congressman's crimes warrant more than the less than three months he ended up serving. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
China is accusing the U.S. National Security Agency of launching a long-term cyber attack on the agency that sets and broadcasts the country's official time. Ashish Valentine reports the U.S. hasn't immediately commented on the allegations.
China's Ministry of State Security says the attack on its National Time Service Center started three years ago. U.S. intelligence allegedly used 42 types of cyberweapons to spy on staff members' cell phones and computer networks and steal private information from the agency. Besides setting the time, the center broadcasts information that's vital for China's communications, power, finance, and even defense. China and the U.S. have increasingly traded allegations of cyberattacks over the past few years. Each paints the other as one of its primary cyber foes. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Researchers say COVID-19 vaccines may do more than protect people against the coronavirus. They may also help fight cancer. A new study of more than 1,000 patients being treated for advanced lung and skin cancer found those who had gotten a COVID vaccine were more likely to survive than those who didn't. Scientists say more research is needed, but that the vaccine appears to help rev up the immune system to battle cancer. Americans pay all kinds of local taxes to support things like libraries and school improvements. But nowhere in America levies taxes specifically for child care. That could change if voters in three Colorado counties agree to it. Aspen Public Radio's Sarah Torrey has more.
In western Colorado, near the ritzy resort town of Aspen, the high cost of living makes child care even more expensive than usual. A plan to help subsidize that cost will go before voters this November. Maggie Tiscornia is the director of the group behind the proposal.
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