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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. President Trump is suggesting that San Francisco may be the next city to see National Guard troops deployed. Sarah Huzani of member station KQED reports he may face legal limits.
Trump told Fox News he plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco next, and that he could use the Insurrection Act to do so, calling it unquestioned power.
What are the implications of President Trump's proposal to deploy the National Guard in San Francisco?
The rarely used law allows the president to deploy the military domestically in cases of unrest or rebellion. Legal expert Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles says that will likely trigger court scrutiny.
It would be an escalation of the president's ability to use the military on domestic soil. And that we really have not seen the Insurrection Act used in modern American history in the way that President Trump wants to use it.
The Insurrection Act hasn't been used in more than 30 years. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Hosseini in San Francisco.
The new Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is facing a major test. Israel says the beginning of humanitarian aid has been halted, this after Hamas militants killed two Israeli soldiers. Israel then launched a series of attacks into Gaza, but then later said it had resumed the ceasefire. NPR's Greg Myrie in Tel Aviv has more on the latest wave of violence.
For now, Israel and Hamas both say they're committed to the truce, which took effect on October 10th. But it's been starting to fade in recent days, and today was the worst day yet. And this evening, we've been hearing these conflicting reports about whether Israel plans to continue or suspend aid going into Gaza.
Officials in Gaza say at least 36 Palestinians were killed in the latest round of violence. Airports across the United States report another round of widespread flight delays, this due to air traffic control staffing shortages Sunday night. As NPR's Matt Bloom reports, it's the latest wave of delays because of the government shutdown.
Flight Tracking Service FlightAware counted nearly 6,000 delays on Sunday. Airports in Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Newark, among others, reported air traffic control short staffing as the cause to the Federal Aviation Administration. As the government shutdown drags on, some 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 TSA officers are working without pay. The union representing U.S. air traffic controllers says during longer shutdowns in the past, many workers had to take second jobs to cover household bills. That's on top of a years-long problem with hiring in the field to meet the nation's demand. Matt Bloom, NPR News. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News.
Officials in Paris say this weekend the daring heist at the Louvre took as little as four minutes. This is professional thieves stole eight priceless Napoleonic-era jewels from the museum's Apollo Gallery. A prosecutor says it appears four people were involved with the theft. French President Macron says everything is being done to catch the suspects. A British lawmaker is raising alarms after a deepfake A1 video seemed to be of him. It was widely circulated on social media. Vicki Barker reports from London.
George Freeman has been a Conservative member of Britain's Parliament since 2010. but a deepfake video has been circulating on Facebook in which he seems to announce his defection to the pro-Brexit, anti-immigrant Reform UK party. Freeman says he's reported the video to the police and has urged any other victims, whether private citizens or public servants, to do the same, telling the BBC, quote, This sort of political disinformation has the potential to seriously distort, disrupt, and corrupt our democracy. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
Convicted former Congressman George Santos says he's humbled by his experience of being locked up, but he is unconcerned by those who are critical of him and President Trump for commuting much of his seven-year prison term on fraud and identity theft charges. Appearing on CNN less than 48 hours after being released,
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