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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa Kautau. President Trump has signed an executive order rebranding the Department of Defense, a name that's been used since 1949. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports Trump will ask Congress to approve renaming it to the Department of War. Last month, President Trump floated returning the department to its name before World War II, when the U.S. Army was led by the Department of War. Now, speaking at the White House, Trump said that name sounds better, and he suggested the U.S. would have fared better in the war since if the name hadn't changed.

We could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct or wokey. By law, Congress would need to change the name, but Trump said he isn't sure that's necessary. Trump also issued a warning after Venezuelan military planes flew close to U.S. warships off the Venezueling coast. Trump told his top general, if it happens again to essentially fire at will. Quill Lawrence NPR News. Federal immigration officials say agents detained hundreds of South Koreans during a sweeping raid at a Hyundai electric vehicle plant near Savannah. The raid is putting some top Georgia Republicans in an awkward spot. as Sam Greenglass of member station WABE reports.

Republican Governor Brian Kemp has pledged to make Georgia the electric mobility capital of the world, helping Wu manufacturers of EVs and batteries with generous state incentives. The Hyundai plant is the largest economic development project in state history, with the South Korean company investing billions. A spokesperson for the governor said the Georgia Department of Public Safety provided support to ICE, and quote, all companies operating within the state must follow the laws, of Georgia and our nation. The chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia called the arrest of some 475 people, quote, political grandstanding at the cost of Georgia families, businesses, and

livelihoods. For NPR News, I'm Sam Greenglass in Atlanta. Hiring in the U.S. slowed significantly in August. The Labor Department says employers added 22,000 jobs during the month far fewer than were expected. NPR Scott Horley says the nation's jobless rate ticked higher to 4.5 For the second month in a row, the report shows U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than forecasters had expected. Factories and construction companies cut jobs last month, as did the federal government. Healthcare was one of the few industries to add jobs, and even there, hiring was slower than in previous months. Revised figures show a net loss of jobs in June for the first time since the depths of the pandemic in late 2020. The Federal Reserve has been keeping a close eye on the

softening job market, as it weighs a possible interest rate cut later this month. Investors widely expect the central bank to lower its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. And you are listening to NPR News from New York City. A federal judge in San Francisco says Homeland Security Secretary Christine Nome exceeded her authority when she moved to end legal protections for some $1.1 million. Venezuelans and Haitians. Judge Edward Chen on Friday ruled in favor of plaintiffs whose protections

to stay and work legally in the U.S. were set to expire five days from now. In voting against the Trump administration, Chen gave relief to at least 600,000 Venezuelans and about 500,000 Haitians who would have been returned to some home countries, or even the State Department, advises against travel there. The AI company Anthropic has settled a $1.5 billion, class action lawsuit brought by a group of book authors. The suit claimed Anthropic used copyrighted material without permission. As then appears, Bobby Allen, reports. A federal judge found that when Anthropics Claude Chapot trained on copyrighted books,

it was legal under fair use law since the output was transformative. But the judge also ruled that when Claude ingested material from databases of pirated books, it did violate copyright law. Anthropic agreeing to pay authors and publishers $1.5 billion is what the author's legal team says is the largest ever copyright settlement. It amounts to about $3,000 for each of an estimated 500,000 books covered by the case. The payout represents the first resolution in a wave of lawsuits at the center of a debate of whether the AI industry broke laws and quickly building powerful chatbots using the works of millions of authors, publishers,

and journalists. Bobby Allen and PR News. And I'm Doaulayatel and PR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit wise.com. T's and C's Apply.