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These days, with all the information coming at you, it can be hard to know what's accurate, what's not, and what's worth your time. Here to help you navigate it all is 1A. Five days a week, the 1A podcast provides a forum for Curate's Minds to explore different angles on the biggest headlines and give you a more balanced take on what's happening. Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. The Trump administration is expanding its deportation campaign. WBEZ's Alex Degman has details on the Department of Homeland Security's Operation Midway Blitz. The effort is targeting Chicago, some of its suburbs and Illinois at large, over policies that protect residents without legal status.

Daniel Biss is the mayor of Evanston, a sanctuary city that borders Chicago. Biss says local police officers will be clearly identified, and he's urging residents to trust them. In this moment when people are understandably and avoidable, appropriately frightened. They need to know that Evanston Police Department is not going to be participating, and Evanston Police officers can be trusted. DHS says the deportation effort honors 20-year-old Katie Abraham, who was killed by a Guatemalan immigrant without legal status in a hit-and-run car crash earlier this year. For NPR news, I'm Alex Dagman in Springfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the Trump administration's use of federal truth for

immigration raids in California. A U.S. House panel has released documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, including a copy of a book of tributes prepared for the late sex offender's 50th birthday. The book compiled by Imprison Epstein accomplice Glenn Maxwell is among a set of records being made public by the Oversight Committee. It contains a salacious note allegedly signed by President Trump who says it is not his handwriting. President Trump is suggesting that America needs more religion tying national strength to religious faith. Trump says there is a strong anti-Christian bias in the U.S. that his administration will soon end. Speaking at the Muslim, the Museum of

the Bible Monday, the president also said there will be new guidance on prayer in school. For most of our country's history, the Bible was found in every classroom in the nation. Yet in many schools today, students are instead indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda, and some are even punished for their religious beliefs. leaves. A 1962 Supreme Court ruling outlawed mandatory prayer in public schools. Charlotte, North Carolina has announced new security measures in wake of a fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a light rail train. For member station, WAFE, Nick Deliccanal has more. The stabbing took place August 22nd, but has gained national attention after the release of surveillance

video. It shows 23-year-old Arena Zarutka boarding a train and watching her phone as the attacker, seated behind her, suddenly stands up and stabs her from behind. Police have charged a 34-year-old man with a long criminal record. Mayor Vi Lyles is calling the attack, quote, a tragic failure by the courts, and says the city will hire more security, step up fair enforcement, and increase police patrols. The case has become a political flashpoint with some Republicans and the White House blaming Democrats and city leaders. For NPR news, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte. You're listening to NPR. North Korea says it has carried out its final ground test of a solid fuel rocket engine

that's designed for a long-range ballistic missile. It would be the ninth such test, coming a week after the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, visited a research institute that developed the engine. A spokesperson for South Korea's joint chiefs of staff says officials in Seoul and in Washington are closely monitoring North Korea's weapons developments. Rick Davies, the singer and founder of the British rock band Super Tramp, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 81 years old. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has this appreciation.

In 1969, working class pianist Rick Davis took out an ad in a magazine, looking for bandmates. He heard back from a posh teenager named Roger Hodgson. Together, they formed Super Tramp, which carved its own middle ground between progressive rock and pop. Give a little bit of your love to me. In 1979, the band struck gold with the album Breakfast in America. It landed three singles in Billboard's Top 100, including Goodbye Stranger. And I really have enjoyed my stay, but I must be moving on. It brilliantly contrasted Davis' jaded baritone against Hodgson's vibrant falsetto.

Though the two co-founders parted ways in the 1980s, Rick Davis continued playing with iterations of Super Tramp on and off for decades to come. Isabella Gomez-Armiento, NPR News. U.S. futures are flat and after-hours trading on Wall Street following Monday's gains. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise,

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