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Giles Snyder (0:17)
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump says he's beefing up the presence of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. he he spoke in a social media video posted by the White House following the shooting of two West Virginia Guard members. He also identified the suspect as someone who entered the US from Afghanistan in 2021.
President Donald Trump (0:38)
And we will bring the perpetrator of this barbaric attack to swift and certain justice if the bullets going in the opposite direction haven't already done that.
Giles Snyder (0:49)
Trump is now calling for a reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered the US during the Biden administration. Officials say those two Guard members are Host hospital is reported to be in critical condition. In the coming weeks, the White House may try to appeal or refile its cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.
Mara Liasson (1:14)
After a judge threw out the indictments of Comey and James, the White House promised to, quote, take all available legal action to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable. Ironically, the judge who dismissed the cases pointed to a ruling in favor of President Trump in the case against him that alleged he mishandled classified documents. That case was dismissed after a judge ruled that Special Counsel Jack Smith was not properly appointed because the Senate had not confirmed him. The judge in the Comey and James cases followed the same reasoning, ruling that the appointment of U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan, who brought the cases, was invalid because she, too, had failed to get Senate confirmation. Mara Liasson, NPR News.
Giles Snyder (1:55)
A judge has dismissed the Georgia election interference case against President Trump and others. A decision Wednesday came after the prosecutor who replaced Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis said he would not pursue the charges, ending the last effort in the courts over Trump's failed push to overturn the 2020 election. A coalition of states suing the Trump administration hoping to block a federal court to a federal effort rather to cut off SNAP food assistance for migrants who are in the US Legally. Federal officials want to limit food aid for migrants who arrive through asylum and humanitarian programs. Here's NPR's Brian Mann.