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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Somali Americans, initially brought to the United States during the 1990s as refugees from Civil War, are on edge and fearing fearing deportation.

As Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports, Somali Americans are among the latest targets of the Trump administration's immigration sweeps.

President Donald Trump this week called people of Somali descent, quote, garbage, and said he doesn't want them in the United States.

Somali American leaders are urging community members to know and assert their constitutional rights if immigration authorities confront them.

The Minnesota Somali community numbers around 80,000, and the vast majority are U.S. citizens.

And Payers Matt Sepik reporting: An Afghan community in Northern Virginia is reeling from last week's shootings of two National Guardsmen.

As Market Barthell of member station WAMU reports, the suspected gunman is a naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan.

One Northern Virginia man who came here from Afghanistan in 2016 said he was grieving for the Guardsmen and upset that the Trump administration is pausing asylum cases for Afghans, including those who served alongside American soldiers.

For me, when I worked for this government, I wasn't only

in danger. My entire family was in danger.
He asked NPR not to use his full name because he fears Taliban retaliation against relatives still in Afghanistan. The man is now a U.S.

citizen helping resettle other Afghans, many of whom are worried about being caught up in immigration raids, despite their legal status, he said.

For NPR News, I'm Margaret Barthel in Arlington, Virginia. An investigation by the Pentagon's Inspector General finds that Defense Secretary Pete Hekseth put U.S.

troops and their mission in jeopardy last Marth.

At issue is Hexeth's youth of a messaging app to discuss pending U.S. military attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Trump administration insists that no classified data had been shared.

The city of San Francisco has filed a lawsuit alleging companies making ultra-processed foods deliberately created unhealthy products in order to boost sales.

Details from member station KALW's Jordan Carnes.

The lawsuit filed by San Francisco City Attorney David Chu names 10 companies, including the Kraft Heinz Company, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Nestle, General Mills, Mars Incorporated, and Kellogg.

It accuses the companies of using deceptive marketing to target children, low-income groups, and people of color, while knowing that overconsumption of these foods could lead to adverse health effects, including type 2 diabetes and cancer.

The suit cites multiple scientific studies. The city wants the companies to take responsibility for the health care costs associated with ultra-processed food consumption.
Jordan Carnes, reporting.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says he wants Federal Reserve regional bankers to have lived in the districts they serve for at least three years before taking office.

Besant has been critical of the Fed's 12 regional bank bank presidents.

This after several of them indicated their opposition to cutting the central bank's key interest rate at their next meeting this month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to begin a two-day trip to India Thursday.

As Shweta Desai reports, it'll be Putin's first visit to the Indian capital since Russia began its war in Ukraine nearly four years ago.

Putin's visit comes at a time when India is facing 50% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, in part because India is one of the world's largest buyers of cheap Russian oil.

The Trump administration accuses India of fueling the war in Ukraine. India accuses Washington of a double standard because other major buyers like China have not been treated in the same way.

Despite the tariffs and new sanctions on Russia, India has only curbed its purchases of Russian oil. Analysts say Putin's visit is partly to affirm the Russia-India bond amid those pressures.

The relationship between the two countries is decades old, and India sees it as strategically important. For NPR News, I'm Shweta Desai in Mumbai.

U.S. futures are flat, and after hours trading on Wall Street following Wednesday's gains, the Dow added 408 points, the Nasdaq rose 40.
When Asia-Pacific market shares are mixed, up 2% in Tokyo.

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