War in Gaza moves into its third year. And, Trump's power to deploy the National Guard

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last night tweeted an image of troops boarding a military plane, providing an update on President Trump's use of the Texas National Guard. Abbott stated in the post that the troops were "deploying now," but didn't provide additional details of where they were going. Trump has called for the Texas Guard to head to cities led by Democratic mayors, including Portland, Ore. and Chicago. The president says the cities have high crime rates, but elected officials in the cities say this move is a threat to state independence.

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🎧 Trump said that if he wanted to use the Insurrection Act, which gives a president the authority to use federal troops to calm civil unrest in a crisis and engage in law enforcement-like activities, he would. Instead of invoking the Act, the White House is using Section 12-406 of Title 10, an obscure provision of federal law, to claim authority to bring in National Guard troops, NPR's Jaclyn Diaz tells Up First. The law allows the president to call up the Guard if there's "a rebellion" or danger of one happening against the federal government or the possibility of a foreign invasion.