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NPR Host Shea Stevens
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump says he is sending the National Guard and federal law enforcement officers to Memphis, Tennessee. Details from NPR's Franco Ordonez.
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NPR Correspondent Franco Ordonez
President Trump signed a proclamation to set up a federal task force to address crime in Memphis. Trump said the effort would involve members of the National Guard, FBI, atf, dea, ice, and US Marshals. And it's very important because of the crime that's going on, not only in Memphis, in many cities, that we're going to take care of all of them. Last month, Trump sought to use emergency powers to take over control of the Metropolitan Police Department, deployed National Guard soldiers and sent hundreds of federal law enforcement officials throughout Washington, D.C. trump has repeatedly said that he wants to target Chicago next, but he's faced stiff resistance from the mayor and Illinois governor. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
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NPR Host Shea Stevens
Some political strategists say that Democrats are trailing Republicans when it comes to reaching voters on social media platforms like TikTok. As NPR Saisha Pfeiffer reports, one strategist has a warning for Democratic politicians.
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NPR Correspondent Saisha Pfeiffer
The warning came from a digital agency called Van Ness Creative Strategies that works to elect Democrats. The agency has told them if they're not comfortable communicating using short online videos, they should retire. Van Ness notes More than 50% of Americans now get their news from social media and more than 75% in video form. New York Democratic Congressman Richie Torres, a client of the agency, agrees.
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New York Democratic Congressman Richie Torres
I think if you're either unable or unwilling to adapt to new media, then your extinction is not a question of if, it's a question of when.
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NPR Correspondent Saisha Pfeiffer
Skeptics say a recent Arizona election where a Gen Z Tiktoker lost by more than 40 points shows that a big social media following alone does not guarantee political success. Sacha Feiver, NPR News.
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NPR Host Shea Stevens
China's government says U.S. chipmaker Nvidia has violated its antitrust law. NPR's John Brewitz reports that the finding comes as negotiators from Beijing and Washington wrap up two days of trade talks.
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NPR Correspondent John Brewitz
The state Administration for Market Regulation says in a statement a preliminary investigation has found that Nvidia broke China's anti monopoly law. It does not give details, but says the California based company also violated the regulatory conditions for its 2020 acquisition of a company called Mellanox Technologies. The Chinese regulator says it'll investigate further. Nvidia makes the world's most in demand chips for the development of artificial intelligence. The US Government has banned it from selling China its best chips, though. And the fate of Nvidia's business in the world's second biggest economy has become a political football as Beijing and Washington wrangle over trade and security issues. John ruich, NPR News.
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NPR Host Shea Stevens
U.S. futures are mostly higher in after hours trading. Following today's gains, The Dow added 49 points. This is NPR. A federal appeals court is blocking the firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, allowing her to stay in the job while a legal battle over her dismissal continues. President Trump wants to fire Cook after a housing official flagged her mortgage application for irregularities. Cook has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. The Senate has confirmed Stephen Myron to temporarily fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board. The vote comes days before the central bank holds its next meeting on interest rates. Myron currently serves as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. He'll fill a vacancy created last month when Fed Governor Adriana Kugler resigned to return to academia. A vaccination campaign is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where health officials are trying to contain an ebola outbreak. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, the outbreak has sickened at least 68 people, including healthcare workers.
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New York Democratic Congressman Richie Torres
The Ebola outbreak was declared earlier this month and has so far claimed 16 lives, including four healthcare workers. The virus is highly contagious and spreads through close contact with bodily fluids. To try to control the outbreak, health officials are employing a strategy known as ring vaccination. Here, people in close contact with sick people, including healthcare workers, are given the vaccine first to try to form a ring of immunity around the so far, only 400 doses of the vaccine have been sent to the remote part of the DRC that's impacted, but the country has a stockpile of 2,000 doses. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News, on Asian Pacific.
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NPR Host Shea Stevens
Market shares are mixed. This is NPR News.
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