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LIVE from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Schiavone. Additional National Guardsmen are due to join those already patrolling Washington, D.C. nPR's Deepa Shivaram explains.
Deepa Shivaram (0:29)
The president announced he was going to add 500 more National Guard troops, like you said, to D.C. this happened shortly after the attack on Guard members earlier this week. That plan appears to remain in place. Those 500 new Guard members will join about the 2,000 Guard members who are already in the city. And there is a new development, though, from the weekend, which is that the government has also declared that every group of National Guard members patrolling Washington, D.C. will also be accompanied by at least one D.C. police officer.
Luis Schiavone (1:00)
NPR's Deepa Shivaram reporting. Venezuela is now responding after President Trump declared that pilots should consider the airspace over and near that country closed. As Julia Carnero reports, Venezuelan officials say the statement is a colonialist threat to their sovereignty.
Julia Carnero (1:18)
Venezuela's Foreign Ministry called Trump's comments, quote, another extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people and said that it was unilaterally suspending all flights deporting Venezuelan migrants. The Federal Aviation Administration had recently warned airlines of potentially hazardous situation when flying over the country, leading companies to suspend flights and Venezuela to revoke operating rights for six major airlines as the US Increases military pressure on the country. President Trump said Thursday that it could begin targeting alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land very soon. For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
Luis Schiavone (1:58)
More federal spending decisions await Congress as members return from their holiday break. NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports that they face a January 30 deadline to avoid another shutdown, and that is going to involve some intense debate.
Deirdre Walsh (2:12)
The deal ending the historic 43 day government shutdown extended current spending levels at most federal agencies through January 30th. Lawmakers on the appropriations committees in the House and Senate are working to bundle some of the annual bills together. If both chambers failed agree on legislation, Congress could again end up passing a continuing resolution that could extend the same funding levels for a full fiscal year. The inability by lawmakers on Capitol Hill to approve detailed budgets for federal agencies has ceded more power to the executive branch. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News.