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In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people, helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. protesters faced off with federal agents in Chicago after there were reports of a shooting incident involving federal personnel. The tent standoff drew big crowds. Chicago alderman Byron Sikjo-Lopez was there. He spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

It was a shooting earlier, a nice involved shooting. We wanted to demand an investigation. I had the escalating violence. There are escalating violence in the city. This is not making anyone safer. Exactly what happened is not clear. But speaking on Fox News this morning, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam said the woman who was shot and injured was part of a group who rammed their cars into vehicles used by ICE agents. We had a caravan of 10 different vehicles that were following our Border Patrol agents and officers that were out there on the streets of Chicago. And they had followed them and gotten them cornered, pinned them down. And then our agents, when getting out of their cars, they tried to run them over and had semi-automatic handguns on them to where our agents had to protect themselves. and shots were fired, and an individual ended up in the hospital that was attacking these officers.

A statement from DHS says a woman drove herself to the hospital, the incident, the second shooting involving federal agents in Chicago since the immigration crackdown there began. Details on a potential guard deployment to Chicago remained unclear, although the White House this weekend confirmed plans to send 300 guard troops to the city over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Meanwhile, a federal judge in Oregon is blocking President Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, U.S. District Judge Karen Emigot issued a temporary order in a lawsuit brought by the city and the state, saying President Trump's determination is untethered to the facts. At least five people were killed and more than a dozen

injured after Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack overnight on Ukraine. Imperus Joanna Kikis reports from Kiev that most of those killed were in Ukraine's far west, which borders the NATO country of Poland. The Russian attacks also caused a fire at an industrial park in the western region of Lviv, as well as power cuts in some districts. The mayor of the city of Lviv said there were no military targets in the area. Russia's airstrikes also hit the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizia, according to the regional governor. Apartment buildings and an industrial enterprise were hit. At least one person was killed and at least 10 injured. The attacks come a day after Russian drone strikes, killed a French photojournalist

in eastern Ukraine. A Ukrainian photographer was badly injured in the same strike. Joanna Kekisas, NPR News, Kiev. With Israel and Hamas seeming to move forward on the Trump administration's proposed peace plan for Gaza, special envoy Steve Whitkoff, is leading an American delegation to Egypt. For indirect talks tomorrow on the president's proposal, however, there is no ceasefire yet in Israel military strikes continue to hit Gaza. This is NPR. With the government shut down now in its fifth day, Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says Republicans know what's at stake. The feedback from our Republican colleagues is they understand our position, and some of them are very sympathetic to it because they're hearing from their own constituents who are fearful about lacking health insurance, going without health care.

It's a matter of life and death. Blumenthal speaking to ABC, Democrats are holding out for an extension of the subsidy. that help people buy health insurance on the exchanges run by the Affordable Care Act. They are set to expire at the end of the year. Puerto Rican singer and rapper Bad Bunny is continuing a high-profile week kicking off last night's season premiere of Saturday Night Live as the host. NPR's Matt Bloom reports that his monologue focused on his upcoming Super Bowl performance. Bad Bunny poked fun at the blowback among some Trump administration officials

and conservative media outlets over his Spanish language. music catalog. I'm very happy, and I think everyone is happy about it. Even Fox News. The halftime show is expected to be performed entirely in Spanish. After speaking a few lines, Bad Bunny joked that if people didn't understand him, they had four months to learn. But he also expressed pride.

The 31-year-old has been an outspoken critic of Trump's immigration agenda. He's skipping the U.S. mainland in his upcoming world tour, citing concerns about ice raids and safety for his fans. Matt Bloom, NPR News. And I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR. Listen to this podcast, sponsor-free on Amazon Music, with a prime membership, or any podcast app, by subscribing to NPR NewsNow Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.