NPR News Now - NPR News: 09-07-2025 8PM EDT

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

NPR News: 09-07-2025 8PM EDTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Kroc, whose bequest serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio and seeks to help NPR produce programming that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says he doesn't want to go to war with American cities one day after making an online post about Chicago. that invoked the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, the Trump administration has been threatening for weeks to send the National Guard to the biggest city in Illinois. On Saturday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Chicago was, quote,

about to find out why it's called the Department of War. That's his alternate name for the Department of Defense. When asked Sunday whether he was threatening war with Chicago, Trump said no. We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our cities. We're going to clean them up so they're going to. They don't kill five people every weekend.

That's not war. That's common sense. Administration officials have said they may deploy the National Guard to Chicago to help with deportation operations or to combat crime, even though Chicago's mayor says violent crimes, including homicides and shootings, are down. The Trump administration previously deployed National Guard members to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Joe Hernandez, NPR News. The U.S. is presenting a new proposal to Hamas for ending the war in Gaza. and releasing all of its hostages.

According to a person familiar with the matter, impairs Daniel Estrin reports. The person not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff relayed his proposal to Israeli-American peace activist and former negotiator, Gershon Baskin, who passed it on to Hamas. Hamas officials met with Egyptian officials this weekend. According to Egyptian officials who spoke anonymously

to give details of the talks, the proposal would have Hamas leaders go into exile and Hamas hand over its heavy weaponry to Egypt. A Hamas official said in a statement, it's willing to accept a comprehensive deal to end the war and a long-term truce, but said it had the right to bear weapons. Also, Israeli officials say a drone from Yemen struck the arrivals hall of an airport in Israel's south, lightly wounding two people.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Investors on Wall Street are bracing for the latest inflation report out this week, and Piers Rafael NAM has more. A disappointing jobs report last week has reinforced expectations that the Fed will cut interest rates for the first time this year when policymakers get together later this month. Yes, inflation is still running a little high, but right now, boosting the labor market could become the Fed's bigger priority. Still, a rate cut this month is not guaranteed. A lot will depend on the inflation report out on Thursday, a number that's still a bit high but manageable. we likely cement expectations for a rate cut.

But a big surge in inflation could make the Fed's decision a lot more difficult. Rafael NAMM, NPR News. U.S. Futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. South Korea says it reached a deal with the U.S. For the release of South Korean workers who were detained at an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia last week, Officials say they're chartering a plane to bring the more than 300 workers detained back home

that raid stunned many in South Korea because the country is a key U.S. ally. The first saint of the millennial generation was canonized by the Catholic Church today. Carlo Acudis was 15 when he died in 2006. Growing up in the age of smartphones and social media, he has been nicknamed God's influencer. Empire's Ruth Sherlock attended his canonization at the Vatican. This is a moment in history for Catholics, and thousands of people came to attend the mass that made Carlo Acutis the first person from this modern digital age to become a saint.

It's a way to bring all us young people closer to the Catholic Church. 40-year-old, Laminah Morphone tells me, Acutus was a computer whiz as a child, Before dying of leukemia as a teenager, he made a website promoting Catholic miracles. It can take centuries for a person to be canonized, but for a cutus, it took less than 20 years. This is because Pope Leo's predecessor, Francis, pushed forward the case to make him a saint, hoping this will draw more young people to the Catholic Church. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, the Vatican.

Dow Futures contract is trading higher this hour up about two-tenths of a percent. I'm Janine Herf's NPR News in Washington. 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 Cs apply.