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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. After sending National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., President Trump is now suggesting he'll do the same for other Democratic-led cities, including Chicago. But Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladick says the situation with National Guard troops in other cities is more legally fraught than using them in the nation's capital. In D.C., the National Guard has much broader power than it has almost anywhere else in the country because in D.C. it is always federal. It's always active under the command of control of President Trump. Right. In other states, in California, in Illinois, in New York, the only way President Trump could directly command the National Guard

would be to formally federalize it. And that depends upon President Trump finding various things to be true on the ground that also don't appear to be true on the ground. And that would expose whatever he would try to, I think, a significant risk of litigation. French President Emmanuel Macron is warning Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu against weaponizing anti-Semitism. His comments come after the Israeli leader accused the French government of not doing enough to stop what he called anti-Semitism's rise in France. And Pierre Zeller Beardsley reports. In a newly published letter, Macron rejects that

anti-Semitism is on the rise and that the French government is not doing enough to fight it. He calls the suggestion of the latter an offense to the whole country. France has the largest Jewish population in Europe. Netanyahu's charges, came after a memorial tree planted for a young Jewish man killed in 2006 was cut down. Macron says Netanyahu is weaponizing anti-Semitism because of his, quote, murderous war in Gaza. Netanyahu has also expressed anger over Macron's promise to recognize Palestinian statehood, claiming that too fuels anti-Semitism.

Eleanor Beardsley and Pierre News, Paris. A pill version of a new obesity weight-lost drug is cleared a clinical hurdle, paving the way for maker Eli Lilly to apply to bring it to market. As NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports, the results showed notable weight loss among those who were able to tolerate its side effects. The experimental drug is called Orphroglyperon, and it could be the first pill form of GLP1 medications to be approved for weight loss. In trials, the highest dose of the drug showed about a 10% reduction in body weight over about 16 months. Pills are cheaper to make, and patients prefer them over injections. However, Eli Lilly's trials also show, at the highest dose, over a tenth of participants quit the study citing side effects like nausea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal problems.

The company can now seek regulatory approval to sell the drug worldwide. Yuki NPR News. And you're listening to NPR News. Asian stocks were mixed at the close on Wednesday as traders waited for the latest earnings report from computer chip designer NVIDIA. The dollar staged a small recovery in Asia after dropping in the previous session, and Brent crude oil futures rose five cents a barrel. The family of a 16-year-old who took his own life this spring is suing the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its founder, Sam Altman. They say the company's chat box provided their son disturbing advice and guidance. M.P.Rewich has more, and a note, this story discusses suicide.

The lawsuit says that Adam Raine of Southern California had extensive conversations with ChatGPT in the final weeks of his life. The suit alleges that the chatbot caused his suicide by isolating him from his family, encouraging self-harm and suicidal ideation, and even providing detailed instructions for perfecting a noose. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI rushed out the version of chat GPT that Rain used despite objections from the company's own safety team. The case raises questions about what level of responsibility AI chatbots have for user safety. OpenAI says in a statement it has safeguards in place to try to help people in crisis,

but that they can become less reliable in long interactions rather than short exchanges. John Rewich, NPR News. Firefighters are trying to slow a fast-growing blaze in Central California at this hour. The garnet fire began on Sunday and has burned 14 square miles of. of grass and timber in the Sierra National Forest east of Fresno. In Oregon, meanwhile, rain and cooler temperatures are helping crews to make progress against the flatfire, which is now 7% contained. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.