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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. In a video posted on social media, President Trump spoke to the nation tonight just hours after a man shot two National Guard members outside a subway station in Washington, D.C. The two guard members are in critical condition while their attacker was also shot and is now in custody. This heinous assault was an act of evil and act of hatred and an act of terror. It was a crime against our entire nation. It was a crime against humanity. Trump said the attacker was an Afghan national. It's believed he entered the U.S. in 2021. Trump is now calling for a reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered the U.S. under the Biden administration.

Special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, will visit Moscow next week. His efforts to find an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine continue. Officials from the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine held talks in the United Arab Emirates earlier this week. Talks were also held in Geneva between the U.S., Ukraine, and European leaders. Those talks focused on a U.S. plan that offered favorable. terms to Russia. More than 40 people are dead and hundreds remain missing. After a fire broke out at a housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, reporter Cherie's fam has more. It's the deadliest fire Hong Kong has seen in decades. The Five Alarm Fire, Hong Kong's highest level, burned for several hours. The public housing complex where the fire broke out is home to about 4,600 people. The

high-rise apartment towers had been under renovation and covered in bamboo scaffolding, a common site in Hong Kong. Three people have been arrested on suspected manslaughter charges. Hong Kong police said that construction and material found around the buildings did not meet safety standards, were highly flammable and may have been the reason the fire spread so quickly. For NPR News, I'm Cherise Pham in Hong Kong. 21 states are suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development over changes to homelessness support. Spokane Public Radio's Owen Henderson has our story. HUD has drastically reduced the amount of money that can go toward permanent supportive housing, saying money should go to approaches that work.

But studies show permanent supportive housing is highly successful at reducing homelessness. Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is helping lead the lawsuit. When the administration tries to pull this level of funding from Washington state and many states across the country, that is money that cannot be replaced immediately. In a statement, HUD says it stands by its changes. Brown and the other plaintiffs argue these revisions need congrats. congressional approval. They're asking the court to pause the changes while the suit goes forward. For NPR News, I'm Owen Henderson in Spokane. The last effort to prosecute President Trump over his efforts to overturn his election loss in 2020 has ended.

A judge in Atlanta today dismissed the Georgia election interference case against Trump and 14 other people. The case had faced a difficult path after the original prosecutor was removed because of a conflict of interest. Stocks finished up today, and you're listening to NPR News. International visitors to some of America's most popular national parks will have to pay a large entrance fee starting next year. M. Pierce Kirk Siegler reports. The Department of Interior says foreign visitors will pay $100 charge on top of existing entrance fees at the premier parks. Starting January 1st, the cost of the annual parks pass for non-U.S. residents will also rise to $250. The idea, billed by the administration as an America-first strategy, is to use the extra revenue to help pay for billions of dollars in planned but not yet funded park infrastructure projects.

The conservative-leaning property and environment research center estimates the new surcharges will raise some $55 million for Yellowstone National Park alone. But this also comes amid a steep drop in international tourism to the U.S. due to politics. Retired Park Service employees tell NPR this will only work. that decline. Kirk Sigler, NPR News. Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians today one day after Hamas handed over the remains of an Israeli hostage. The exchanges are part of the ceasefire that went into effect last month. Hamas still has the remains of two hostages who were abducted in the October 2003 Hamas-led attack that sparked the fighting in Gaza. Hamas says recovering those remains has been made more difficult by the destruction in Gaza. Former Peruvian President

Martin Viscar is now in prison. He received a 14-year sentence today. He'd been convicted on corruption charges. He's also barred from holding public office for nine years. He'd been accused of receiving $611,000 in bribes while serving as governor for a Peruvian state. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit wise.com. T's and Cs apply.