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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration must stop its deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state. It's the latest in a series of legal rulings against President Trump's deployments. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff has more.
Trump seized control of California's Guard back in June against Governor Gavin Newsom's wishes and deployed more than 4,000 troops to the streets of Los Angeles to protect federal immigration facilities and officers. That number has dropped to around 100 still in the city, but the administration has extended that federalization several times, most recently until February, saying it's still necessary. The administration also attempted to send California troops into Portland, Oregon. In his ruling to end the federalization, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said that the administration's argument to, quote, hold unchecked power to control state troops would wholly upend the federalism that is at the heart of our system of government.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
At the end of today's final meeting of 2025, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to have approved a third interest rate cut since September, which would make it a little cheaper to borrow more money. NPR's Scott Horsley reports on why another reduction seems likely and why now.
We have seen a real slowdown in the job market in recent months, and a number of Fed policymakers are very concerned about that. Over the summer, we actually saw a net loss of jobs in June and in August. The unemployment rate's been inching higher. Fed Governor Chris Waller has been saying for months now that the warning signs are flashing on the job market and the central bank should lower interest rates to prevent a further deterioration.
NPR's Scott Horsley reporting. The Nobel Peace Prize for Maria Corina Machado has been accepted by her daughter. The Venezuelan opposition leader did not arrive in time for the ceremony, but is expected to make her first public appearance in Oslo soon after 16 months in hiding. Here's Julia Carneiro.
Ana Corina Sosa Machado received the prize next to a large picture of Maria Corina Machado framed by flowers. She gave voice to her mother's speech. Machado, the Nobel Peace Laureate, said state terrorism forced 9 million people to flee Venezuela and try to bury the will of the people. But they did not surrender.
Venezuela will breathe again. We will open prison doors and watch thousands who were unjustly detained step into the warm sun, embraced at last by those who never stopped fighting for them.
Machado honored political prisoners and the millions of anonymous people who risked their lives for Venezuela, saying the prize and the future belongs to them. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 219 points or nearly half a percent. From Washington, this is NPR News. Madeline Wickham, the best-selling writer who authored the Confessions of a Shopaholic series under her pen name, Sophie Kinsella, has died, according to a message her family posted on her Instagram page. Wickham was 55 years old. Wickham was an international sensation. The first two Shopaholic books were adapted into the 2009 film starring Isla Fisher. Two years ago, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Wickham's family says her final days were filled with her true loves, family, music, warmth, Christmas, and joy. Scientists have developed a bionic hand that uses artificial intelligence to figure out what a user is trying to do.
NPR's John Hamilton has more on a study in the journal Nature Communications.
A natural hand doesn't need much guidance. Just think about picking up that cup of coffee and subconscious circuits in the brain and spine take care of the details. So researchers at the University of Utah set out to make a bionic hand that could mimic some of those circuits. The result is a system that uses machine learning to help a person carry out a task.
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