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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willmon. Both local and federal officials in Washington, D.C. are looking at steps to increase security in the nation's capital following the shooting Wednesday of two National Guard members. Police are discussing pairing officers with Guard members as they patrol.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, meanwhile, said that the administration will deploy another 500 troops to the nation's capital, though we sure don't know the details of that yet. And I think it's worth pointing out as well. Critics of the deployments as well as the courts have been asking all along, why are soldiers patrolling American streets at all when there are no riots or waves of violence? A federal judge has ruled the deployment to D.C. of National Guard members unlawful, but did give the administration some more time to appeal.
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That's NPR's David Folkin flick. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people using passports from Afghanistan after the shooting suspect was identified as an Afghan national president. Trump's approval rating on the economy has fallen considerably this year in part because of high prices and slowing hiring. As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, it's a bad sign for a president that many voters chose because they trusted his economic judgments.
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An October study from the St. Louis Federal Reserve found that Trump's tariffs have contributed significantly to higher prices, particularly on durable goods like cars and appliances. The GOP's weak showing in elections earlier this month is widely considered a voter response to higher prices. The Trump administration this month removed tariffs on an array of grocery goods like coffee and produce. Trump has also pitched a tariff rebate to Americans. However, it is unclear if or when Congress might take that up. The holiday shopping season may intensify American consumers concerns over prices. In addition, insurance premiums on the Affordable Care act exchanges are set to increase January 1st unless Congress acts. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
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Ukrainians in Kyiv are now cleaning up after Russian missile and drone attacks that took place there overnight. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports, two people were killed and dozens of other people were injured in the attack.
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Residents of this Kyiv housing complex are busy repairing after the attack. 42 year old Oksana Honahan is sweeping up with a tree branch broom. She says nobody slept all night.
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I live in that building and like it was boom bah, like within seconds. Very quickly her drone was flying and we went to the shelter.
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Utility workers are reconnecting electricity and plumbing. Residents line up to get plywood boards cut for their blown out windows. I ask Honahan how Ukrainians keep rebounding. We are Ukrainian. She says that's it. No matter how hard they hit us, we will survive, if only to make them angry that we're still alive. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
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And this is NPR News. Four people were killed and at least 10 others were injured tonight in the shooting during a family gathering in Stockton, California. The sheriff's Department says someone may have been targeted by the gunfire, but the investigation remains open. The Health Ministry in Gaza says the Palestinian death toll since the beginning of fighting there has now passed 70,000. The the toll has continued to rise since a ceasefire went into effect on October 10th because Israel still carries out raids there. The military says the attacks are in response to violations of the truce. A hospital, meanwhile, says Israeli fire this weekend killed two Palestinian children in the territory's southern region. Over the holiday weekend, millions of Americans have shared online videos with friends and loved ones, and an increasing number of those videos are being made using artificial intelligence. NPR's Jeff Brumfield gives us some tips on how to spot fake videos.
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If you feel there's something weird about that cute cat video your aunt sent you, you may be right. Mike Caulfield is an expert on image manipulation at the University of Washington. He says AI video slop is everywhere.
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We're being overrun by slop.
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But Caulfield says a quick search online can help establish whether a video is real.
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The primary thing I would say is try to find corroborating evidence of the event itself.
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A reverse image search can turn up news stories or posts and neighborhood groups. Comments by users can also provide clues. Conversely, many accounts actually say they're producing AI generated content if you just click the profile link to take a look.
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I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.