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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump is ramping up his rhetoric about increasing a federal presence in Chicago. In a post on social media, Trump says the city is, quote, about to find out why it's called the Department of War. In Pierre's Odette-Yusuf reports Trump was referring to his proposal to rename the Department of Defense, which would require approval from Congress. Trump's post comes as Chicago officials and community. groups are on alert for a possible surge of immigration enforcement agents and national guardsmen. In the city's Pilsen neighborhood, a parade to mark Mexican Independence Day is moving forward, but crowds are thin compared with years past. Lillianna Scales says she felt it was important for her

to come out on behalf of others who are scared to leave their homes now. We're here, we're not going away, no matter what generation, no matter what threat, no matter what president is in office, we're not going away. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritz, said on social media, quote, the president of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city. This is not a joke. This is not normal. Odette Yusuf and PR News. An unprecedented ice raid at a Georgia Hyundai plant is creating new tension with South Korea at a time when President Trump has been pushing the country for more investment in the U.S. And Pierce Debbie Elliott reports the majority of the nearly 500 people detained are South Korean nationals.

is foreign minister says he's deeply concerned over the arrests and is considering a trip to the U.S. to meet with the Trump administration to resolve the matter. Ice agents raided a massive electric vehicle battery plant under construction near Savannah, Georgia. Ice officials called it the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security. In a statement, Hyundai said its understanding is that none of those detained was directly implicated. by the company and promised an internal investigation into employment compliance by its contractors. Debbie Elliott, NPR News. Venezuela's president, Nicholas Maduro, is working to ease tensions with the U.S.

After Washington said it's sending 10 fighter jets to reinforce its already substantial military presence in the Caribbean, but he's also warning the White House against interfering in the affairs of other countries. The government of the United States should abandon its plan of violent regime change in Venezuela and in all of Latin America and the Caribbean and respect sovereignty, the right to peace, to independence. Maduro heard there through a BBC interpreter. The Trump administration says it's cracking down on cartels trafficking drugs to America. Venezuela denies accusations that the country is linked to a drug gang.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington. One of Canada's hockey greats has died. Ken Dryden was 78 years old. Dan Carpentuck reports the Hall of Fame goalie had been battling cancer. Ken Dryden was a crucial member of the Montreal Canadiens' 1970s era. And in the 1972 summit series between Canada and the former Soviet Union, considered a monumental moment in hockey history, Dryden shared the goaltending duties helping Canada defeat the Soviets four games to three.

He helped the Canadians win the Stanley Cup in 1973 and then for three more consecutive years. Dryden retired at 31, became an author, then a hockey executive. In 2004, he turned his hand to politics, winning a seat in Parliament for the Liberals. Tributes are pouring in for Dryden, including from Prime Minister Mark Carney, who says, few Canadians have given more or stood taller for our country. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenchuk in Toronto. At the Venice Film Festival today, father, mother, sister, brother. Jim Jarmish's quietly humorous relationship, triptych, won the top prize.

The movie about the relationships between adult children and with their parents stars Adam Driver, Vicky Creeps, and Kate Lanchette. It was an upset win over some of the festival's bigger hits, including the devastating Gaza docudrama, the voice of Hind Rajab, about attempts to rescue a six-year-old girl from a bullet-ridden cell in Gaza City in January of 2024, which took the runner-up award and Parked Chan Wook's No Other Choice, which left empty-handed. I'm Janine Herp's NPR News in Washington.