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These days, there's so much news. It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. We get behind the headlines. We get to the truth. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Corva Coleman, the migrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, this year before he was brought back, we'll check in today with immigration officials in Maryland. Kilmer Abrago-Garcia again faces deportation. His lawyer, Simon Sandoval-Motionberg, says immigration officials now want to send Obrigo Garcia to Uganda. The concern is that

Uganda is just a very distant and out-of-the-way layover right back to El Salvador. If Uganda is going to deport him right back to El Salvador, whether the next day, the next month, that's just is illegal as it would be for them to send him straight to El Salvador for a second time. He spoke to NPR's weekend all things considered. National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C., are now carrying firearms. As NPR's Ava Pukatch reports, this follows a directive last week issued by Defense Secretary Pete Huggsett. Units began carrying their service-issued weapon Sunday, according to a statement by the Joint Task Force. The statement says the use of force is, quote, only as a last resort and solely in response to an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, and that the

task force, quote, remains committed to protecting the safety and well-being of the residents of the District of Columbia. More than 2,200 National Guard members are deployed in Washington, including troops from six other states. President Trump has said he's considering sending the National Guard to other cities, including New York, Chicago, and Baltimore. Ava Pugach, and Here it is. Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lafroff, says there is no meeting yet scheduled between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine. Speaking to NBC, Lafroff says before any meeting can happen, the leaders need an agenda, and he says there is no agenda in place. His statement seems to contradict efforts by President Trump to arrange a meeting between the Ukrainian and

Russian leaders. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the capital of Yemen yesterday. The The attacks came after Houthi militants fired missiles at Israel last week. NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Tel Aviv. Israel's military says 10 fighter jets took part in the attack on targets in Yemen, including a Houthi military site in the capital, Sanaa, as well as power plants and a fuel storage site at an oil company. A video on social media shows a massive orange-colored fireball over part of the city. The strikes come after Houthis launched a ballistic missile at Israel on Friday.

Israeli officials say the missile carried a cluster bomb the first time this type of munition has been launched from Yemen. Houthi rebels have repeatedly fired missiles and drones at Israel since the start of the Gaza war nearly two years ago in solidarity with the Palestinians. Jackie Northam, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Medics and reporters in Gaza say Israeli attacks on a hospital complex today have killed four Palestinian journalists.

They were working for international news organizations. This is NPR. Several European package delivery companies are pausing some international shipments to the United States. They're citing some of President Trump's new tariff policies. Starting Friday, smaller packages worth less than $800 will be subject to a levy when they enter the U.S. This does not affect letters. This week marks 70 years since the Mississippi murder of black teenager Emmett Till. Now, the federal government is releasing additional records.

shedding new light on one of the nation's most infamous cases of deadly racist violence. NPR's Amy Held reports. The National Archives has posted thousands of pages related to the federal government's response, or lack thereof. There's a 195 memo from then FBI director Jay Edgar Hoover saying, despite pressure, they would not investigate what happened to Emmett Till. The 14-year-old, accused by a white woman of unwanted attention, was kidnapped and killed. The men who later confessed to the crime acquitted by their Mississippi peers. The surrounding publicity would expose the unwritten code of the Jim Crow South,

and it became a watershed moment in the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Review Board says the new documents offer long overdue clarity. And note, even after all these years, Emmett Till's story is still being written. Amy Held and PR News. The winner of this year's Little League World Series is Taiwan. The team shut out competitor Nevada yesterday, 7 to 0. Taiwanese pitcher Lynn Chin C allowed just one hit in five innings to help his team win. You're listening to NPR News.