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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Additional National Guardsmen are due to join those already patrolling Washington, D.C. NPR's Deepa Shivaram explains.
The president announced he was going to add 500 more National Guard troops, like you said, to D.C. This happened shortly after the attack on Guard members earlier this week. That plan appears to remain in place. Those 500 new Guard members were will join about the 2,000 Guard members who are already in the city. And there is a new development, though, from the weekend, which is that the government has also declared that every group of National Guard members patrolling Washington, D.C., will also be accompanied by at least one D.C. police officer.
And PR's Deepa Shivaram reporting, Venezuela is now responding after President Trump declared that pilots should consider the airspace over and near that country closed. As Julia Carnero reports, Venezuelan officials say the statement is a colonialist threat to their sovereignty.
Venezuela's foreign ministry called Trump's comments, quote, another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people and said that it was unilaterally suspending all flights deporting Venezuelan migrants. The Federal Aviation Administration had recently warned airlines of potentially hazardous situation when flying over the country, leading companies to suspend flights and Venezuela to revoke operating rights for six major airlines. As the U.S. increases military pressure on the country, President Trump said Thursday that it could begin targeting alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land very soon. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
More federal spending decisions await Congress as members return from their holiday break. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports that they face a January 30th deadline to avoid another shutdown, and that is going to involve some intense debate.
The deal, ending the historic 43-day government shutdown, extended current spending levels at most federal agencies through January 30th. Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate are working to bundle some of the annual bills together. If both chambers fail to agree on legislation, Congress could again end up passing a continuing resolution that could extend the same funding levels for a full fiscal year. The inability by lawmakers on Capitol Hill to approve detailed budgets for federal agencies... has ceded more power to the executive branch. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.
Authorities say a gunman killed four people, wounding others late Saturday afternoon at a family gathering in Stockton, California. Police are searching for a suspect in what they believe may have been a targeted incident. San Joaquin County District Attorney Ron Freitas says that children were among those in the line of fire.
Children should not be harmed by gun and gang violence.
Police are asking the public for help. This is NPR News in Washington. Ski resorts out west are a bit anxious due to lower-than-usual snowfall. NPR's Kirk Sigler reports some are also bracing for a continued drop in Canadian visitors... due to cross-border politics.
Whitefish Mountain Resort is about 60 miles from the Montana-British-Columbia border and historically upwards of a quarter of its guests have been Canadian. Canadian crossings at the border have dropped precipitously since President Trump levied tariffs and said Canada should become the 51st state. Resort spokesman Chad Sokol says it hasn't had a huge effect locally yet.
Last season, I think it was early March when the tariffs hit, right after President's weekend. So our busy periods were already behind us at that point.
Ski resorts aren't sure what to expect going into this season, but many, like Whitefish, have seen a spike in domestic travel lately, which is offsetting the drop in international visitors.
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