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The news is saturated with coverage of President Trump, but it is easy to get overloaded. So on Trump's terms, we bring you short, digestible stories, five minutes or less, about the 47th president. Listen for same-day developments on tariffs, the economy, and all of the ways that Trump is governing like no president ever has before. Trump's terms. Listen on the NPR app wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is threatening to send even more troops into U.S. cities. NPR's Frank Ordonia's reports Trump says some cities need more than the National Guard. President Trump continues to argue that U.S. troops are needed to fight crime and illegal immigration.

Speaking to U.S. troops in Japan, Trump said American cities are in trouble. And we're sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we'll send more than the National Guard, because we're going to have safe cities. We're not going to have people killed in our cities. And whether people like that or not, that's what we're doing. It's not clear what troops he has in mind. The president has deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Tennessee, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon. But he continues to face pushback from Democratic mayors and governors, some of whom have filed lawsuits against the administration. Franco, Ordoñez, NPR News.

Millions of residents and tourists in Jamaica are wading out a major hurricane. The National Hurricane Center's latest report shows Hurricane Melissa's top sustained winds have fallen slightly to 160 miles per hour. However, the alert says catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and storm surge, and advises people to shelter in place. Reporter Nick Davis and Kingston is doing just that. Bands of rain are constantly sweeping in and tree debris litteres the ground, but it's what's happening further down and across, island that's most concerning. The hurricane pushed further along the coast has built up intensity. We won't know for many hours how bad it is. We're really relying on comms that are facing an unprecedented challenge and a storm of the Red Cross say could end up affecting half of the

country's three million population. That's Nick Davis reporting from Kingston. The Israeli military has carried out air strikes in targeted Gaza neighborhoods after Israel accused Hamas of violating the U.S. brokered ceasefire. NPR's Rob Schmidt's reports from Tel Aviv that the move threatens to undermine the two-week-old ceasefire the President Trump brokered between Israel and Hamas. An official from Israel's military not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that Netanyahu ordered the military strikes after Hamas carried out an attack against Israeli soldiers beyond the so-called yellow line in an area under Israeli control.

The order also comes after Hamas handed over the partial remains of a deceased Israeli hostage who had previously been returned to Israel from Gaza. Hamas announced it found another body of an Israeli hostage in one of its tunnels, but will postpone its return to Israel due to airstrikes from Israel's military. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Tel Aviv. U.S. stocks have ended the day higher. The Dow closed up 161 points to end the day at 47,706. This is NPR News.

A federal judge in San Francisco is temporarily blocking the Trump administration's mass layoffs of federal workers linked to the government shutdown. The shutdown is now in its 20th day. Captain Dennis Tager, an American Airlines pilot and spokesperson for the Allied Pilots Association reflects on the impact it's having on air traffic controllers. When we are flying in the skies near the speed of sound, I have to consider that that air traffic controller has a lot of other things going on. that he or she should not have going on in their life. And the catalyst for that is this government shutdown. Pager's speaking with NPR's here and now. A new study finds teens who started using cannabis before age 15

were more likely to need care for mental and physical health in later years. NPR's read a chatterjee with details. Researchers analyze data from a long-term study in Quebec, Canada that's been following kids since birth. Data on more than 1,500 teens showed that about 60% didn't use cannabis in adolescence. 20% started using the drug in their late teens and tended to use it infrequently. The remaining 20% started using before they turned 15 and used the drug at least once a month. This last group was more likely to seek care for mental and physical health problems in later years

compared to those who started using in their late teens. The findings are published in Jemma Network Open. Read the Chatterjee, NPR News. The National Hurricane Center is now reporting that Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica top sustained winds or down to 150 miles per hour. It's NPR News.