Chair of D.C. Council responds to Trump's emergency declaration

By Marc Rivers,

Ari Shapiro, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published August 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM EDT

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, Phil Mendelson, about President Trump's emergency declaration and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.

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Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.

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