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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. The Pentagon is preparing active duty soldiers from the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska for possible deployment in Minnesota. An official confirms as many as 1500 troops are on standby. President Trump has warned he would invoke the Insurrection act to allow the use of the military in domestic law enforcement to deal with protests against the immigration agents in Minneapolis. Invoking the law in this way would be a departure from what past presidents have done. NPR's Kat Lansdorf has more.
Kat Lansdorf (0:51)
It has certainly been used before, most recently by George H.W. bush in 1992 during the LA riots, which killed dozens of people, caused a lot of destruction. But that was at the request of California's governor. In the modern era, the Insurrection act has only been used for either civil rights enforcement or responding to civil unrest at the request of the state's governor. What would be different about this time if Trump does invoke it, is that it would check neither of those boxes. Another thing to note is that the Insurrection act is generally invoked as a last resort when officials have exhausted every other possible option.
Nora Ramm (1:25)
NPR's Kat Lonsdorf. It will be a short but busy week on Wall street as dozens of public companies release their quarterly report cards. NPR's Maria Aspen reports.
Maria Aspen (1:36)
U.S. bank Fifth, Third and other regional lenders are among the banks reporting earnings. Their bigger rivals say customers are generally, quote, in great shape. So investors are hoping for more signs that consumers are shrugging off inflation and job market uncertainty. But there's another cloud hanging over lenders President Trump's proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bankers hate the idea, and car giant Capital One will likely also weigh in as it reports earnings. Other big companies to watch include United Airlines intel, which is now partly owned by the US Government, and Netflix, which is fighting Paramount by Warner Brothers. Maria Aspen, NPR News.
Nora Ramm (2:20)
The Syrian government says it has reached a groundbreaking agreement with Syrian Kurds to stop fighting. NPR's Jayna Raf has details.
Jayna Raf (2:29)
Syrian government troops over the past two days pushed back Kurdish led forces taking control of towns and the country's biggest oil fields that had been held by Syrian Kurds since they defeated ISIS in 2019. U S backed Kurdish forces, the SDF, have controlled an autonomous region of Syria since they broke away from the Assad regime 14 years ago. But now the Syrian president says that is over and that the SDF has agreed that government forces will take control of oil fields and borders. The Kurdish led forces have not commented on their interpretation of the agreement announced by President Ahmad al Shara. Jane Araf, NPR News. Aman.