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The Division of Homeland Safety is getting ready to make use of navy bases in New Jersey and Indiana to detain immigrants suspected of being within the U.S. with out authorized standing. There are additionally plans to extend the variety of immigrants detained at Guantanamo Bay. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth authorised these measures, in keeping with a letter dated July 15.

• 🎧 DHS has been in a position to make use of navy sources after President Trump declared a nationwide emergency on the southern border on his first day in workplace, NPR’s Ximena Bustillo tells Up First. Use of the bases has been authorised by way of the tip of September, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel are chargeable for all care. The request for the extra area comes because the Trump administration has pushed to arrest and detain extra folks within the U.S. with out authorized standing. DHS has almost 57,000 folks in immigration detention, with solely round 41,000 beds.

A federal choose is now weighing each side of the Harvard versus Trump administration case. Legal professionals from each side made their arguments yesterday in courtroom in Boston, whereas round 100 Harvard supporters rallied outdoors. The college claims that the federal government’s freezing of analysis funds is unlawful. The administration acknowledged in courtroom filings that the grants had been canceled as a result of Harvard violated civil rights regulation.

• 🎧 In courtroom, the administration claimed that the federal authorities has the precise to cancel grants at any time if it decides that an establishment would not align with its priorities — pivoting from its unique courtroom filings that Harvard’s funds had been frozen as a consequence of antisemitism on campus. James McAffrey, a Harvard senior who was outdoors the courthouse yesterday, informed NPR’s Elissa Nadworny that making an attempt to chop funding is “un-American.” The federal grants that had been frozen affect about 900 analysis research on the college, from nationwide safety to most cancers remedies.

For the primary time in 21 months of conflict, Israeli floor troops have superior into central Gaza. Palestinians in search of refuge in a number of areas there have been ordered to evacuate. Central Gaza can also be the place many worldwide support organizations are situated, together with the World Well being Group.

• 🎧 The Israeli navy hopes to ramp up stress on Hamas to just accept a ceasefire deal by exhibiting it’s prepared to cross traces it hasn’t earlier than, NPR’s Emily Feng says. Israeli floor troops weren’t energetic within the space, generally known as Deir al-Balah, as a result of they had been involved about endangering hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Now, Israel faces worldwide stress from Trump and over 25 nations that referred to as for an finish to the conflict in a joint assertion yesterday. Feng says the folks extra impacted by the navy operation are the tens of hundreds of Palestinians residing in the way in which of the offensive. Palestinians will probably be squeezed additional into a fraction of the Gaza Strip, the place important providers have collapsed.
• ➡️ Dr. Nick Maynard, a British surgeon working at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, spoke with NPR about performing emergency surgical procedures beneath hearth, treating malnourished youngsters and caring for trauma sufferers with catastrophic accidents. Take heed to him speak about his expertise from contained in the hospital right here.
• ➡️ Take heed to this Throughline episode to be taught extra about Edward Stated, the person who pushed for recognition of the Palestinian perspective, the pushback he confronted, and the risks he foresaw.

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Jazz Home Children college students

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For over 20 years, Jazz Home Children in New Jersey has been devoted to coaching the subsequent technology of jazz stars. Promising younger musicians get the mandatory coaching to embark on their journey towards jazz stardom. Melissa Walker, founding father of the music faculty, says it’s formalized in offering entry, studying, profession improvement and neighborhood constructing. Walker says Jazz Home Children goes into colleges and both helps already established packages or helps develop packages to jazz. Artists like Isaiah J. Thompson, Julian Lee and Matthew Whitaker have benefited from the distinctive alternatives provided by Jazz Home. Take heed to them clarify how vital a program like this was to them and snippets of them enjoying music.

Deep dive

Golden State Valkyries guard Kate Martin (20) struggles to take care of possession towards Seattle Storm ahead Ezi Magbegor (left) as Valkyries heart Temi Fagbenle (14) reaches for the ball in the course of the second half of a WNBA sport Wednesday in Seattle. The Valkyries debuted this season because the league’s thirteenth workforce.

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The WNBA is midway by way of the 2025 season and is experiencing vital success. TV rankings are up 23% throughout the board and video games are drawing in 13% extra followers in comparison with final 12 months. Complete ticket gross sales are up 26% total with the debut of the league’s thirteenth workforce, the Golden State Valkyries. The league is constructing on its momentum with a plan to develop to 18 groups by 2030. Gamers are additionally in search of their very own share of the success by pushing for a brand new contract to handle the continued problem of low pay. This is a breakdown of what’s occurring:

• 🏀 Merchandise gross sales and social media engagement are up. The league may even have a document $2.2 billion media rights deal beginning subsequent season, the biggest in ladies’s sports activities historical past.
• 🏀 The collective bargaining settlement between homeowners and gamers will expire on the finish of October. Key points for gamers embrace salaries, income sharing, and “prioritization,” which permits them to play in different leagues for extra revenue.
• 🏀 The league goals to extend income by including extra video games to the schedule. This 12 months, every workforce will play 44 common season video games, and the Finals have been prolonged from a five-game collection to a seven-game collection. Nevertheless, the league’s conventional calendar — structured to keep away from overlap with the NBA — has not modified, which means extra video games are anticipated to be performed every week than earlier than.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

U.S. civil rights chief Martin Luther King Jr., waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, on the Nationwide Mall in Washington D.C.

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1. The Nationwide Archives launched hundreds of newly digitized paperwork yesterday associated to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a part of an government order by Trump.
2. Because the 2025-2026 faculty 12 months nears, NPR desires to listen to from you concerning the books you learn in highschool that helped form who you’re as we speak. Your response may very well be included in an inventory of reader suggestions.
3. Actor and Grammy Award winner Malcolm-Jamal Warner, greatest identified for his function as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Present, died on Sunday at age 54.

This text was edited by Obed Manuel.