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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 Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. At the White House late today, President Trump signed a proclamation making Memphis the latest Democratic-led city to face a federal crackdown on crime. Today, at the request of Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee, who's standing with us, as you know, I'm signing a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis Safe Task Force. I'm called the deployment to Memphis of National Guard and Federal Law Enforcement officers a replica of his crackdown in Washington, D.C. Memphis is a majority black city. The Memphis Police Department says crime in every major category is down this year compared to previous years,

and the Democratic mayor said Friday that he did not ask for the National Guard. An appeals court has rejected President Trump's bid to unseat Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, ruling tonight that she should remain a Fed governor at least for now. The Trump administration is expected to file an appeal to the Supreme Court in an effort to keep her from the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting that's set to kick off tomorrow. Separately, the Senate voted along party lines tonight to confirm Trump's nominee to an open vote an open position on the Fed Board. Family members of children injured in last month's mass shooting in Minneapolis,

urging state lawmakers to pass new restrictions on firearms. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson reports. Parents of children who survived the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church filled a state Senate working group meeting. Carla Maldonado said she and her husband ran toward the church when they heard gunshots ring out. Their two children survived the shooting. Maldonado asked legislators to pass restrictions on assault,

weapons. Do not wait for another child to die. Do not wait for another mother to be sitting here again telling you their story of fear, sorrow, and grief. Because the mothers, we will keep coming. Lawmakers could be called into a special session to take up this proposal and others. For NPR news, I'm Dana Ferguson in St. Paul. Former prosecutor, Marine Comey, suing the Justice Department, NPR's Carrie Johnson reports. Comey says she says she was, given no reason for her firing. Maureen Comey spent nearly 10 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, leading the prosecutions against music mogul Sean Diddy Combs and the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The new lawsuit says Comey received outstanding performance evaluations

and had been put in charge of a major public corruption case only hours before she was let go in July. Comey says she thinks she was fired because she's the daughter of former FBI director Jim Comey, a vocal critic of President Trump. The U.S. Attorney in New York told her the decision came from Washington. Trump ally Laura Lumer had pressured the administration to dismiss Maureen Comey. She's asking for reinstatement to her job and back pay. The DOJ declined comment. This is NPR News.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration is considering economic aid for farmers. Speaking in Arkansas today, Roland said the administration is, working with Congress and closely watching markets daily to evaluate what might be needed this fall. U.S. farmers have missed out on billions in soybean sales to China amidstalled trade talks. During the first Trump administration, the USDA sent billions to farmers to help offset losses during the initial trade battle with China. President Trump says the U.S. military has taken out a second Venezuelan vessel in international waters on social media today. Trump said he ordered the strike, alleging it was a drug cartel boat on its way to the U.S.

and that three men were killed. A new exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles marks a 50th anniversary of the movie Classic Jaws. NPR's Corey Turner got a sneak peek with the film's director, Stephen Spielberg. The exhibit is full of props from the film and reminders for Spielberg that the ocean shoot was a nightmare of fickle tides and finicky mechanical sharks. This was a very hard experience. When we seriously did not know how many weeks or months we were going to be in Martha's Vineyard shooting.

Now, though, visiting the exhibit, Spielberg says with a smile... This is total therapy. The exhibit's finale is the sole surviving full-size shark from Jaws, which Spielberg took a moment to thank. Without you, you know, I don't know what, I would have, certainly my next three or four movies wouldn't have been those same movies because Jaws gave me the chance to make anything I wanted to make. Corey Turner, NPR News, Los Angeles. And I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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