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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 Rylan Barton. A federal judge has blocked President Trump from deploying the National Guard to Chicago for two weeks. The administration sent troops to the city amid an immigration crackdown. They say the National Guard is necessary, to protect ICE agents and federal property. Illinois and Chicago sued to block the move. The state calls the deployment a constitutional crisis. Federal Judge April Perry heard arguments over the dispute today.

A federal grand jury has indicted New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James on fraud charges. It's the latest case brought by federal prosecutors after Trump called on the Department of Justice to target his perceived political enemies. As Attorney General, James successfully sued Trump and his company for inflating the voucherable. value of his properties, leading to a $450 million judgment. An appeals court overturned that fine, but upheld the finding that Trump had committed fraud. NPR's Carrie Johnson has more on how the DOJ secured the indictment against James. I'm told by a source, it's a single count of bank fraud. This follows a months-long investigation this year by prosecutors in Virginia, and this process was really unusual. A Republican prosecutor who had been leading the office concluded there was not

enough evidence to bring a case against his James, but then he was forced out of his job by the White House, and the woman who replaced him, Lindsay Halligan, has no experience as a prosecutor. Halligan is the person who presented the case to the grand jury today. NPR's Carrie Johnson reporting, on day nine of the government shutdown, both parties still remain deeply divided on a solution. As NPR's Claudia Grisales reports, the Republican-led Congress is spiraling deeper into a war of words. congressional leaders have a now familiar daily shutdown routine on Capitol Hill. Blame the other side for the gridlock.

The Democrats own this shutdown, and Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found. He's playing games with the American people. And now Republicans have shut down the government. That Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries. They're fighting a daily messaging war with little signs of a breakthrough to and the shutdown. Senate Republicans want a handful of Democrats to sign off on their stopgap bill but won't agree to their demands. Democrats want an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies

to keep health premiums from spiking soon. Claude Rizales, NPR News. The Israeli cabinet has approved the first face of a U.S. brokered plan to end the war in Gaza. Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners may start going home within a few days as an initial step to the the agreement. President Trump says he's planning to leave for the Middle East sometime on Sunday. Asked today to confirm that Palestinians won't be forced out of Gaza, Trump answered, quote, nobody's going to be forced to leave. This is NPR News from Washington. FIFA President Gianni Infantino is asking protesters to keep calm ahead of Israel's upcoming Soccer World Cup qualifying matches in Norway and Italy. Israel's team is visiting Norway on Saturday

before traveling to Italy where an estimated 10,000 people are planning to protest. Infantino says that now that a peace plan is rolling out, quote, everyone should be happy. Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk says it will put on counter-programming during Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show. NPR's Elena Moore reports on the conservative backlash to the global superstar who criticized President Trump's immigration policies. Turning Point is dubbing the event the All-American halftime show and says it will celebrate faith, family, and freedom. It follows other right-wing pushback against the National Football League's

choice of headliner for this year's show. Bad Bunny, who is an American from Puerto Rico, mainly sings in Spanish, but speaks and performs in English as well. He's fresh off a months-long residency in Puerto Rico and says he didn't tour in the 50 states because of concerns that ICE would target his shows. The three-time Grammy winner is seen as one of the most popular musicians in the U.S. and around the world. Elena Moore, NPR News. For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome's Coliseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage that once allowed Roman emperors to sneak into the ancient amphitheater.

The comidus passage once led Roman emperors to their reserved honor box overlooking gladiator matches. I'm Rylan Barton. This is NPR News from Washington. 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

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