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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago can continue, at least for now. Federal Judge April Perry is giving the administration two days to respond to Illinois's lawsuit challenging the deployment. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says Trump is causing chaos to create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act. That's the 18th century law that allows a president to use the U.S. military against Americans on U.S. soil, under certain conditions. Trump says he's willing to go there. Well, I do it if it was necessary.

So far it hasn't been necessary. But we have an insurrection act for a reason. If I had to enact it, I'd do that. If people were being killed and courts were holding us up or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I do that. I mean, I want to make sure that people aren't killed. We have to make sure that our cities are safe. Trump argues troops are needed to help fight crime

and to ensure that federal agents can enforce immigration laws in the city. Negotiators from Israel and Hamas are holding talks in Egypt today on a possible end to the war in Gaza. President Trump and Arab countries are urging both sides to reach a deal, and soon, NPR's Kerry Khan reports, there are still major sticking points. President Trump warned Hamas if it doesn't cede power and release all 48 hostages, dead and alive, it faces, quote, obliteration. Trump also told Israel to pause its bombing of Gaza. Israeli airstrikes over the weekend killed dozens, according to Gaza health officials. Arab mediators are pressuring Hamas to negotiate at a time when it is facing great losses on

the battlefield. Israel and the U.S. are demanding Hamas release all hostages quickly. Hamas says it needs time to locate the dead. There are disputes over which Palestinian prisoners Israel release in exchange for the hostages, how Hamas will disarm and relinquish power, and over Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv. President Trump and Brazilian President Luis Enacio Lula da Silva spoke over the phone today in a first move to discuss commercial relations after the steep tariffs the U.S. imposed on Brazil. From Rio, Julia Garnero reports the conversation lasted half an hour.

On his social media site, President Trump said the call had focused mostly on economy and trade between the U.S. and Brazil, and that he and President Lula would get together in the not-too-distant future. He wrote, quote, I enjoyed the call. Our countries will do very well together. This follows a brief exchange at the UN General Assembly, where President Trump said he and Lula had, quote, excellent chemistry, after months of strained relations. According to the Brazilian government, President Lula called for Trump to reduce the 40% tax surcharge on Brazilian goods and for sanctions on Brazilian authorities to be lifted. For NPR News, I'm Julia Kahnero in Rio. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The French are waiting to see what President Emmanuel Macron will do after his latest prime minister resigned this morning.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, France has been plunged into political crisis, and Macron is increasingly isolated. Speaking after resigning, outgoing Prime Minister Sebastian Le Corneux told the nation it was too difficult to govern with a fractured parliament where no. No party has an absolute majority, yet all refuse compromise. Le Cornyu was the fourth premier named by Macron since he dissolved parliament a year and a half ago and lost his majority. The National Assembly is dominated by the far right and leftist factions who say the president is not listening to the voters and has lost legitimacy given his extremely low poll numbers. Analysts say Macron has three options. Name a prime minister from the larger mainstream left, dissolve parliament and call new legislative elections, or step down and let the French people choose a new president.

Eleanor Beardsley in Piers News, Paris. A growing share of Americans say they are using AI in their jobs. According to a new study from Pew Research Center, 21% of U.S. workers say at least some of their work is done with AI. That's up from 16% roughly a year ago. Workers younger than 50 and workers with a bachelor's degree are more or more education are among the most likely to use AI in their job. And Taylor Swift's 12th studio album,

The Life of a Showgirl sold 2.7 million copies in album sales in the first day in the U.S. Swift broke the record for most first week sales, which she set with her 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. I'm Rylan Barton. This is NPR News.