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--:-- Noor Rahm: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Officials in Portland, Oregon are rejecting President Trump's announcement that he'll send troops to the city to protect immigration facilities from what he called domestic terrorists.
--:-- Keith Wilson: Mayor Keith Wilson says his city does not need the help.
--:-- Noor Rahm: President Trump has directed all necessary troops to Portland, Oregon. The number of necessary troops is zero.
--:-- Tina Kotak: Oregon Governor Tina Kotak agrees federal help is not needed. There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security. and there is no need for military troops in our major city.
--:-- Tina Kotak: She said any deployment would be an abuse of power and a misuse of federal troops.
--:-- Noor Rahm: President Trump is to meet at the White House tomorrow with congressional leaders from both parties Congress has failed to pass legislation needed to pay for government programs and the fiscal year ends Tuesday Unless something is done the government will run out of money
--:-- Noor Rahm: President Trump political retribution efforts appear to be escalating NPR Mar Lyson reports
--:-- Mara Liason: Trump says former FBI director James Comey will not be the last of his opponents indicted.
--:-- Mara Liason: President Trump promised to use the Department of Justice to go after his political enemies, and he's doing it.
--:-- Mara Liason: In addition to Comey, he's instructed his attorney general to prosecute other Democrats who investigated him, including California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and the attorney general of New York, Letitia James.
--:-- Mara Liason: The New York Times is reporting that Fawney Willis has received a subpoena. Willis is the Fulton County Georgia district attorney who charged Trump with trying to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
--:-- Mara Liason: Legal experts say although the Comey case is weak and may not end with a conviction, his indictment sends a message to Trump's other adversaries that he can bankrupt them and ruin their careers.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Ukrainian officials say Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles overnight.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: At least four people were killed, including a child, and dozens more were injured.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: The Ukrainian capital and a city in the southeast were hit the hardest.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Thieves rescue workers posted this video of their teams putting out fires and pulling the wounded from the ruins of a five apartment building
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Firefighters and medics worked throughout the attacks which lasted for 12 hours
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Among those killed in Kiev was a 12-year-old girl.
--:-- Joanna Kikisys: Dozens in the southeastern city of Zaporizhia were also injured.
--:-- Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on social media that Russia launched almost 500 drones and more than 40 missiles at his country overnight
--:-- Volodymyr Zelensky: And early this morning, Zelensky warned UN leaders last week that Russia's war on Ukraine has prompted a dangerous arms race and that every year weapons get deadlier.
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--:-- Noor Rahm: Moldova is holding a parliamentary election today. Voters are selecting a 101-seat parliament. Then a prime minister will be nominated to try to form a new government.
--:-- Noor Rahm: The current government in the former Soviet state wants to join the European Union and accuses Russia of meddling in its politics.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: The medication Mifepristone was approved on this day 25 years ago.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: NPR Selena Simmons-Duffin reports the food and drug review process was longer and more thorough than usual because of political opposition
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: Mifepristone works by blocking progesterone a hormone that necessary for a pregnancy to continue In medication abortion and miscarriage management the pill is used in combination with another medication, mesoprostol, which causes uterine cramping.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: Mifepristone was approved and in use in Europe for years before it became available in the U.S.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: There are continued legal efforts to curb access, and the Trump administration may try to do so through regulation.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: But reproductive rights advocates point out the safety and efficacy of the medication has been proven in more than 100 studies.
--:-- Selena Simmons-Duffin: According to the FDA, over the decades that it's been available, it's been used by nearly 6 million women.
--:-- Noor Rahm: In golf, the Ryder Cup is in its final day. Every two years, 24 of the best players from Europe and the U.S. go head-to-head.
--:-- Noor Rahm: This year, the Europeans are way ahead. The U.S. trails 11.5 to 4.5, the largest deficit under the current format since 1979.
--:-- Noor Rahm: I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington. Thank you.
