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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Rowland. The Trump administration says public housing agencies must share the immigration status of their tenants. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports they have 30 days to comply or risk losing federal funding. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner issued the directive in a tweet. He said it was the beginning of the end for illegals in taxpayer-funded housing. Undocumented immigrants do not get housing subsidies. but they are allowed to live with family members who do. The first Trump administration tried to change that,

and the current one has been reviewing a similar proposal. Conservatives argue it's not fair to let mixed-status families live in public housing, given the years-long wait list for it. Now, housing authorities face a deadline to share information on all tenants, including their immigration status. One immigrant advocate says it seems designed to scare families into self-evicting. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington. Law enforcement officers in Minneapolis are increasing patrols after this week's church shooting that killed two children.

The church has become a gathering place for people to grieve and shows support for victims in the community. NPR's Liz Baker reports. For blocks and blocks surrounding the church, blue and green ribbons flutter on tree trunks and lamp posts. A message of support for enunciation students and teachers. State Representative Emma Greenman was one of the volunteers. creating these ribbons out of strips of donated tablecloths. My community, I'd love to say, is beautiful and unique and wonderful, but there's nothing extraordinary about this.

It is happening across the country. Still, this tragedy really hit home, as did a June shooting, which killed two state lawmakers and their families. She says it's been a rough summer for Minnesota. Liz Baker and Pierr News, Minneapolis. The head of a paramilitary group in a civil war with Sudan's army has been sworn as the head of a new parallel government, they said in a statement. The parallel administration has been condemned by the U.S. and others.

NPR's Emanuel Akindewa reports the move pushes the country closer towards a formal partition after two years of a war. Mohamed Hamdan Tagalog, the leader of the paramilitary rapid support forces, was sworn in as the head of a parallel government, the new parallel administration said in a statement. The RSF leader, who has rarely been seen in Sudan since the war started, was sworn in in the Sudanese city of Niala, the statement said, and he leads a group that includes armed groups and allied civilian figures. The announcement comes amid intense fighting in Sudan,

which is suffering the world's largest humanitarian crisis and largest famine in decades. The Sudanese army have largely taken control of northern, central and eastern Sudan, while the RSF remains mostly in control of the western region of Darfur, where it's widely accused of committing another genocide against African ethnic groups. Emmanuel Akimoto, NPR News, Lagos. And you're listening to NPR News in Washington. Summer may be coming to an end, but that means the August scaries are coming to an end.

As NPR's Netta Ullabe reports, that's how some on social media described this time of the year. In a TikTok video that's gone viral, a young woman named Reagan Sweeney compares the months of summer to the weekend. Okay, hear me out. June is Friday, July is Saturday, and August is Sunday. In June, she argues, you're still catching your breath from work and school. July is just pure, unadulterated summer. But then there is August. Which feels like the longest Sunday scary of the year. It's still the weekend, but it feels like it's coming to a close any minute.

Any minute. That's why many TikTokers have been posting videos hashtagged August scleries. A number of them by teachers. Netta Ulii, NPR News. In Hawaii, a grand jury has indicted two civilian employees on charges that they caused the U.S. Navy to give false information to Hawaii's Department of Health. This after a jet fuel spill from a Pearl Harbor sp storage facility and contaminated water seeped into the water supply. As a result, 6,000 people became ill during the 2021 spill. The charges allege that the two provided.

the Navy inaccurate information about the incident, which occurred a full six months before the fuel got into the drinking water. The Navy also issued written reprimands to three officers for their roles in the spill. The Navy closed the tanks after the incident. This is NPR News from Washington.