NPR News: 11-27-2025 1AM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Two West Virginia National Guard members are in a Washington, D.C.
hospital.

Speaker 2 Officials say they are in critical condition after being shot Wednesday in what D.C.'s mayor says was a targeted attack.

Speaker 2 NPR's Tom Bowman says they were among the guard members from multiple states deployed to the nation's capital after President Trump declared a crime emergency.

Speaker 3 They've been deployed since August, more than 2,000 troops, including 180 from West Virginia. President Trump ordered the deployment, as you remember, to help reduce crime.

Speaker 3 And they've been patrolling mostly in the tourist areas near the monuments in Georgetown. And also, they've been picking up trash, removing graffiti.
And just yesterday,

Speaker 3 the government filed an appeal looking to have a ruling from a federal judge who blocked the deployment.

Speaker 3 And just after the shooting, Defense Secretary Pete Heggs has said President Trump has ordered another 500 guard troops to D.C.

Speaker 2 In a social media video, President Trump said the suspect is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021.

Speaker 2 He's now calling for a review of all Afghan refugees who entered the country during the Biden administration. More than 40 people are dead.

Speaker 2 Hundreds remain missing after a fire broke out at a housing complex in Hong Kong. Reporter Sharis Phamm has more.

Speaker 4 It's the deadliest fire Hong Kong has seen in decades. The five-alarm fire, Hong Kong's highest level, burned for several hours.

Speaker 4 The public housing complex where the fire broke out is home to about 4,600 people.

Speaker 4 The high-rise apartment towers had been under renovation and covered in bamboo scaffolding, a common sight in Hong Kong. Three people have been arrested on suspected manslaughter charges.

Speaker 4 Hong Kong police said that construction and material found around the buildings did not meet safety standards, were highly flammable, and may have been the reason the fire spread so quickly.

Speaker 4 For NPR News, I'm Sharice Pham in Hong Kong.

Speaker 2 Democratic Attorneys General from 21 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over SNAP guidance.

Speaker 2 They say blocks groups of immigrants from receiving food assistance benefits. From Member Station KQED, Lakshmi Singh reports Lakshmi Sarah report.

Speaker 5 The lawsuit argues that the USDA's guidance excludes lawfully residing non-citizens from SNAP eligibility by misclassifying groups such as refugees as ineligible until after a five-year waiting period.

Speaker 5 California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the Trump administration is putting a crucial lifeline at risk.

Speaker 6 This guidance reads like someone took notes from the Grinch, taking food from families right as the holidays arrive.

Speaker 5 Without court intervention, Bonta says errors in eligibility could deprive thousands of legal permanent residents of SNAP benefits.

Speaker 5 Minnesota's AG Keith Ellison added, All we're doing is standing against callous cruelty. The USDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Speaker 2 A panel of three federal judges is allowing North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Speaker 2 The panel on Wednesday denied requests for a preliminary injunction.

Speaker 2 North Carolina, among several states where President Trump has pushed for mid-decade map changes ahead of next year's midterm elections.

Speaker 2 Millions of Americans traveling to visit family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday. NPR's Joel Rose reports it's a big test for the U.S.
aviation system.

Speaker 7 At Ronald Reagan, Washington National Airport, many travelers said they were pleasantly surprised to find manageable lines and few delays. Patrice and David Lombardo flew in from Savannah, Georgia.

Speaker 4 I am so surprised how well it's going.

Speaker 5 Amazing.

Speaker 3 We're prepared to be unhappy, and we're not.

Speaker 7 There were a few signs of the staffing shortages of air traffic controllers that caused disruptions during the government shutdown.

Speaker 7 But there were some weather-related problems as a major storm caused delays at airports in the Twin Cities and Chicago.

Speaker 7 Airlines for America, an industry trade group, says airlines will carry more than 31 million passengers during the Thanksgiving travel season. Joel Rose, NPR News, Arlington, Virginia.

Speaker 2 Overseas stock markets are in positive territory. The regional markets in in Asia rising following a fourth straight day of gains on Wall Street.

Speaker 2 As investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting on December 10th. Led by tech companies, the SP 500 rose seven-tenths of a percent on Wednesday.

Speaker 2 The tech-heavy NASDAQ composite gained eight-tenths, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced seven-tenths. I'm Jay L.
Snyder, NPR News.

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