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--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: Stocks tumbled today after President Trump took to social media to say he was considering a massive increase of tariffs on Chinese goods.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: The S&P 500 sank 2.7 percent in its worst day since April. And then after markets closed, Trump made it official, saying he'll place a 100 percent tax on Chinese imports by November 1st.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Trump is upset at restrictions China placed on exports of its rare earth materials, which are critical to modern electronics.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: That was out of the blue, out of the blue, they came up with this whole import-export concept, and nobody knew anything about it.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: China's new regulations require foreign companies to get special approval to export items that contain even small traces of these rare minerals and metals.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: China dominates the world markets for rare earths production and processing. President Trump has ordered the National Guard troops from Republican states to crack down on crime in Democratic cities sometimes in different states.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Federal courts have temporarily blocked the Guard from being deployed in Portland Oregon and in Chicago.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: As NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran explains, Trump is trying to deploy the Guard to places where he says crime is rising, though statistics don't always support his claims.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: It was Texas Governor Greg Abbott who sent his National Guard troops to Illinois at Trump's request.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: And the Texas Guard, contrary to other state guards, has been involved in immigration operations.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: Abbott sent troops to the Texas-Mexico border to repel migrants as part of a multi-billion dollar effort called Operation Lone Star.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: I mean, there's footage of troops using tear gas on a group of Venezuelan migrants at the border in 2024.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: So the Texas Guard has done immigration-related work before.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: NPR's Sergio Martinez-Beltran reporting.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, a Republican and chair of the National Governors Association, criticized the deployment of Texas National Guard troops to Chicago in an interview with the New York Times.
--:-- Sergio Martinez-Beltran: He says it's a violation of federalism and states' rights.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the U.S. will build a Qatari Air Force facility in Idaho.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Qatar gifted a luxury jet to President Trump earlier this year as NPR Quill Lawrence reports.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Hegseth praised Qatar's substantial role in brokering President Trump's Gaza peace deal which is in the early stages of implementation.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Hegseth added, "I'm also proud that today we're announcing or signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Amiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho."
--:-- Quill Lawrence: He said the base will host a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots in continuation of a long military partnership between the two countries.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: The U.S. has relied on Qatar to base troops in the Middle East for decades.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: This year, the Trump administration has drawn criticism from ethics watchdogs over accepting a gift from Qatar of a half-billion dollar luxury jet intended to be a replacement for Air Force One.
--:-- Quill Lawrence: Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
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--:-- Rylan Barton: The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says she won't support a White House proposal that asks universities to adopt President Trump's political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.
--:-- Rylan Barton: MIT President Sally Kornbluth says the agreement would limit campus speech and the university's independence.
--:-- Rylan Barton: University of Texas said it was honored to be invited.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Vice President J.D. Vance met with Indiana's governor and Republican lawmakers today as the White House presses them to redraw congressional districts to boost GOP candidates.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Indiana has been more hesitant to redistrict than other Republican states like Texas and Missouri.
--:-- Rylan Barton: They swiftly met President Trump's push to boost Republicans in next year's congressional elections.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Singer and bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues has died.
--:-- Rylan Barton: His family announced his death on social media but did not give a cause.
--:-- Rylan Barton: He was 82.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: John Lodge wrote some of the Moody Blues' biggest hits. Take this place on this trip just for me.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: Lodge was born in 1943 in Birmingham, England.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: He got hooked on American musicians like Little Richard and Buddy Holly.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: He and his friend Ray Thomas were in a band called El Riot and the Rebels before later joining the Moody Blues.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: The Moody Blues sold some 70 million albums worldwide.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: The statement from his family says that John Lodge was never happier than being on stage.
--:-- Elizabeth Blair: Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.
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