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U.S. government vaccine policy could be changing dramatically. In Florida, it already has. This week on Consider This, we're answering your questions about COVID shots with help from a doctor and expert on infectious disease. Plus, chaos roils the CDC after high-profile departures from that agency. Listen to consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Skiyvone. President Trump is threatening to send the National Guard to three more cities, even after a federal judge ruled his deployment of troops to Los Angeles illegal. NPR's Rachel Treasman reports.

A federal judge said President Trump's use of National Guard troops in Los Angeles earlier this year violated a law that limits the use of military for local law enforcement duties. That ruling only applies to California. And Trump has since publicly waged sending the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore. leaders in both cities oppose such a move and say they are prepared to take legal action if it happens. Trump has also floated the idea of sending troops to New Orleans, an idea that Louisiana's Republican governor has embraced. But New Orleans, Democrats have not, pointing to a drop in crime and accusing Trump of politicizing public safety. Rachel Treisman and PR News. Israel's military is targeting high-rise buildings in Gaza City as it prepares for a wide-scale

ground invasion of its urban centers. This is day 700 of the war in Gaza. The health ministry there says its records show more than 56,000 children have lost one or both parents, and more than 19,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli fire. NPR's Aya Betrawe has the latest from the region. The military leveled a high-rise building in Gaza City after ordering it evacuated Friday afternoon. The building was brought down with what appeared to be at least four missiles, according to videos shared online. One of those videos was shared by Israel's defense minister, who said, quote, the latch of Hell's gates in Gaza has now been removed. The military says the tower it struck near the coast was being used by Hamas to plan and

carry out attacks on Israeli forces. The Israeli military did not provide evidence, and instead published an illustrated video. It says shows how Hamas installs cameras on rooftops and uses tunnels underbuildings. The video included what appeared to be several dozen targets across the city. Hamas says the targeting of residential towers is part of an attempt to force Gaza City's residents to leave and says claims that Hamas uses these buildings are lies. Ayesabotrawi, NPR News, Dubai. The New York Times reports that in his first White House term, President Trump authorized a secret mission in North Korea in which Navy seals would plant a device to monitor Kim Jong-un's communications. New York Times correspondent David Phillips told NPR's

morning edition that mission went awry. They were expecting the shore to be empty. When they reached this area, instead they encountered a boat that started flashing lights down at the submarines. And the seals who were on the shore watching this didn't know what to do. And so they opened fire and killed everybody on the boat. He reports that publicly North Korea has been silent about that episode. Wall Street approaching the close, the Dow down 220 points, the NASDAQ off 7, the S&P 500 down 20. This is NPR News in Washington.

Employment figures for the month of August were weaker than expected. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 22,000 jobs were added last month. The expectation was for more than three times that. The unemployment rate moved up from 4.2% in July to 4.3% for August. M.pox, previously known as Monkeypox, is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, according to the WHO. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, the announcement comes as cases declined in the hardest-hit countries in Africa. Over a year ago, the WHO rang its loudest alarm bell over a surge of cases of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, outbreaks have

emerged in 26 African countries and the disease has popped up around the world. This year, there have been over 100,000 cases and 700 deaths. But in the past several months, the situation has improved. Here's WHO Director General Tedros Adonam Gabriesus. This decision is based on sustained declines in cases andes. While MPACs no longer represents an international emergency, a continental emergency remains in place for Africa. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.

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