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--:-- Nora Rahm: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.
--:-- Nora Rahm: President Trump announced today he's sending federal troops to Portland, Oregon to protect ICE facilities from protesters.
--:-- Joni Audenland: From member station OPB, I'm Joni Audenland.
--:-- Joni Audenland: Trump said federal troops would be deployed to handle, quote, domestic terrorists in the city. He has frequently discussed ongoing protests outside the Portland ICE facility, which were most active back in June.
--:-- Joni Audenland: Videos of federal vehicles in Portland had already been circulating online Friday.
--:-- Joni Audenland: At a press conference, Mayor Keith Wilson urged demonstrators to protest peacefully. He called the deployment of federal troops, quote, a big show.
--:-- Joni Audenland: We have no tolerance for anyone in Portland who uses this difficult moment to hurt others or our homes.
--:-- Joni Audenland: It's unclear how many troops will be deployed or from which agency.
--:-- Joni Audenland: At least one protest is planned Sunday outside the Portland ICE facility.
--:-- Joni Audenland: For NPR News, I'm Joni Audenland in Portland Oregon.
--:-- Joni Audenland: A U official not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR the Pentagon has not issued a deployment order for troops to go to Portland and only heard about the president's request from the media.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Former FBI Director James Comey was charged this week with making false statements to Congress and obstruction after President Trump urged charges be brought.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Other perceived enemies of the president may also become targets.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: Traditionally, the Justice Department has enjoyed independence from the White House, particularly when it comes to investigations and prosecutions, because you want to be sure that prosecutions and investigations aren't driven by and don't appear to be driven by politics.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: Here in just the past week, we have the president openly calling for the attorney general to go after people Trump doesn't like, including James Comey.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: Now Comey's been indicted.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: So for legal observers and Justice Department veterans, this sure looks like Trump using the Justice Department to enact the campaign of retribution that he promised.
--:-- Ryan Lucas: NPR's Ryan Lucas.
--:-- Nora Rahm: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the UN yesterday he'd placed loudspeakers on the border with Gaza, hoping hostages held by Hamas might hear his speech.
--:-- Anis Baba: NPR's Anis Baba reports.
--:-- Anis Baba: On the ground in Gaza residents say they couldn't hear the Israeli Prime Minister's voice. They could hear this bombardment however and the ground shook through the night as Israeli military strikes intensified following Netanyahu's speech.
--:-- Anis Baba: Gaza's health ministry says 77 Palestinians were killed by such strikes and other artillery in the past 24 hours.
--:-- Anis Baba: Netanyahu said Israel's new ground offensive in Gaza City is to eradicate Hamas, but people here believe the goal is to push them out by making the city uninhabitable.
--:-- Anis Baba: Still, some hold on to hope it might stop, and many fear if they leave now, they may never be able to return.
--:-- Anis Baba: Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
--:-- Nora Rahm: The medical group Doctors Without Borders is suspending all its operations in Gaza City, saying it can no longer work safely because of Israel's ground offensive.
--:-- Nora Rahm: This leaves hundreds of thousands of people with almost no access to health care.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Cyber criminals say they've stolen the pictures, names and addresses of about 8,000 preschool children.
--:-- Vicki Barker: The ransomware attack targeted the Kiddo chain which operates 18 nursery schools in the U as well as in India and the U.
--:-- Vicki Barker: One parent Stephen Gilbert told the BBC that some children's data has already been posted on the dark web. Profile pictures from the app that they use and some medical information which is concerning - dates of birth, names, favorite things, plus all of the parents' details.
--:-- Vicki Barker: The hackers have threatened to release more information on more children unless they're paid.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Police are investigating and advise that paying ransoms can simply encourage more cybercrime.
--:-- Vicki Barker: For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
--:-- Nora Rahm: The FBI Agents Association and Advocacy Group is strongly protesting what it called the unlawful termination of more than a dozen agents.
--:-- Nora Rahm: There have been reports that agents were fired after being photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd.
--:-- Nora Rahm: The agents' association said they were fired without due process and that some had additional protections because they're veterans.
--:-- Nora Rahm: I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.
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