--:-- Rylan Barton: This week on Consider This, an encrypted group chat where members of the National Guard are processing President Trump's actions.
--:-- Rylan Barton: This is just not what any of us signed up for. And I just wonder, like, who's going to stand up to this? Plus, what's next for congressional Democrats after their move this week to release more of Jeffrey Epstein's emails?
--:-- Rylan Barton: Listen this week to Consider This on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Many officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown. They're describing it as an invasion and urging residents to protest peacefully and record agents' actions from a distance.
--:-- Jordan Lopez: As a lawmaker myself, I know laws must be enforced, but the how matters. And whenever you decide that creating the perception of peace through fear tactics, through militarized agents walking down the street, that doesn't feel like a safe or welcoming community to me.
--:-- Jordan Lopez: That feels like a prison.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Similar operations are underway in other Democratic-led cities. The Trump administration defends the operations as necessary for fighting crime and enforcing U.S. immigration law.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Protesters clashed with police outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago. Activists claim the facility acts as a de facto detention center with inhumane conditions.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Illinois State Police and Cook County sheriffs detained 21 people by midday.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The Trump administration is upending its homelessness policy with a major shift away from long-term housing.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports critics warn it could push many thousands of people back onto the streets.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: The change slashes two-thirds of the funding that's long been used for permanent housing with services. Instead, it will ramp up spending on transitional housing that requires work and addiction treatment.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: In a statement, the Department of Housing and Development says the new policies will restore accountability and promote self-sufficiency.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: In another change, HUD will no longer automatically renew existing programs.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: Advocates to end homelessness say the timing of this major overhaul is terrible. Starting in January, it will leave many places around the country with no federal funding for months.
--:-- Jennifer Ludden: They estimate it will put 170,000 people at risk of losing their housing again.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Israeli forces shot and killed two teenage boys in the occupied West Bank yesterday, saying they were, quote, terrorists on their way to carry out a terror attack.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: As NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports, it's a particularly dangerous and deadly time for Palestinians in the West Bank.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: The 15 were killed in a town outside the Palestinian city of Hebron. Their deaths were confirmed by Palestinian health officials and the town mayor.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: The Israeli military says the two were headed to an Israeli settlement to carry out what it called a terror attack when soldiers shot them.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: More than 45 Palestinian children and minors have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, according to the UN.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: That's as Israel has been carrying out an extended military operation in the north since January, displacing tens of thousands, the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank in decades.
--:-- Kat Lonsdorf: In recent weeks, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has also surged to an all-time high.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Stocks closed mixed today. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Rylan Barton: An atmospheric river is dousing Southern California. National Weather Service Forecasters warn it could produce rock slides and debris flows in Los Angeles, areas of Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires earlier this year.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Heavy rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow night.
--:-- Rylan Barton: A new survey shows one in eight adults in the U.S. is currently taking Ozempic, Wegovi, or similar weight loss medications.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports that's according to the nonpartisan research organization KFF.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: The number of adults taking GLP drugs which include Ozempic, Wagovi, Zefbound, and Manjaro is going up. It went from 6 a year and a half ago to 12 now.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: People are taking the drugs for chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease as well as for weight loss.
--:-- Ashley Kurtzinger: What was really striking to us is that there wasn't one demographic group that was kind of driving the increase. It looked like there was a pretty steady increase in use across demographic groups.
--:-- Sydney Lupkin: Although most people taking these drugs say they have some insurance coverage for them, more than half say the drugs are difficult to afford.
--:-- Rylan Barton: KFF conducted the poll between October 27th and November 2nd.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Sydney Lupkin, NPR News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Marine scientists have rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The Marine Mammal Center used a recording of the lost otter's cries to lure its mother.
--:-- Rylan Barton: After two hours, a female otter followed the boat, leading to a successful reunion.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Sea otters are crucial for biodiversity but remain threatened.
--:-- Rylan Barton: I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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