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Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump is threatening to send more military deployments to Democrat-run cities. He has said Chicago, New York, and possibly Baltimore could follow Washington, D.C. in having a military presence. And Pierce Ashley Lopez has more. Trump recently announced Chicago could be the next city in which he will deploy active duty troops for an alleged crackdown on crime. Illinois Governor J.B. Prisker said in a statement Saturday that, that the state has not yet received any request or outreach from the federal government. Pritzker said there's no emergency in the state that warrants this kind of intervention. He accused Trump of manufacturing a crisis and abusing his power.

In a truth social post Sunday, Trump also went after Maryland's governor and threatened to send troops to Baltimore. Trump also wrote he'd now have to rethink federal funding to repair Baltimore's Francis Keyescott Bridge, which was demolished by a cargo ship in 2024. Ashley Lopez, NPR News. South Korean President E.J. Myeong is headed to the U.S. for a summit with President Trump tomorrow. And here's Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul that Lee took office in June after his predecessor was impeached for declaring martial law. In Washington, South Korean President E.J. Mion will try to hammer out details of a trade deal reached last month. It includes a pledge for South Korea to invest $350 billion in the U.S. in exchange for lower tariffs.

The U.S. has been talking about modernizing its alliance with South Korea, which includes focusing less on deterring North Korea and more on countering China. Most South Korean presidents visit the U.S. first, but E. will be coming from Tokyo, where he met with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japan and South Korea are both U.S. allies who depend on exports to the U.S. and host large numbers of American troops, and E. apparently wanted to coordinate with Ishiba before meeting Trump. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Seoul. Climate disasters like hurricanes and wildfires threaten thousands of facilities that produce medical drugs across the U.S.

That's the finding of a new study. MPIRS Alejandra Burunda has more. Last year, flooding from Hurricane Helene shut down a manufactured facility in North Carolina that produces about 60% of the country's IV fluid bags. It was a wake-up call for many in the medical field. Now, a team of Harvard researchers asked, how many drug-producing facilities existed in a county that had experienced a climate disaster

in the last five years. It turns out there were thousands. Most hadn't experienced disruptions, at least not as dramatic as the IV facility during Haleen. But the study, which is published in the journal JAMA, warns continued climate change and the disasters it brings will inevitably put the U.S. drug supply chain at risk. Alejandro Burunda and PR News. Meanwhile, millions of people in the West are facing a dangerous heat wave. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Veteran character actor Jerry Adler died this weekend at the age of 96. He was best known for roles in TV series, such as The Sopranos and The Good Wife.

But Jeff London reports, acting was Adler's second career. Long before he became known as HASH, Tony Sopranos advisor on the HBO hit The Sopranos, Jerry Adler had a distinguished first act as a stage manager and director on Broadway. Born to a theatrical family, his cousin was famed acting teacher Stella Adler. He worked on the original Broadway productions of gentlemen prefer blondes and my fair lady as a stage manager. It wasn't until he was in his 60s that Adler started acting and he constantly worked. On Northern Exposure, Mad About You, and Transparent Amongstores. other shows, and return to Broadway as an actor in a couple of roles beginning in 2000.

For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York. At the weekend box office, the Netflix film, K-pop, Demon Hunters, appears to have taken the top spot with an estimated $16 to $18 million in ticket sales. Now, that's a prediction from Rival, three rival studios, because Netflix doesn't report ticket sales. The film, which centers on a K-pop superstar trio who doubled as Demon Hunters, was developed and produced by Sony Pictures, which then sold it to Netflix. But Com's score absent Netflix numbers puts the horror film weapons in the top spot with an estimated $15 million in ticket sales. I'm Janine Herbsten, PR News.