Juliana Kim
Juliana Kim is a weekend reporter for Digital News, where she adds context to the news of the day and brings her enterprise skills to NPR's signature journalism.
She is based in Nashville and came to NPR from member station WPLN, where she most recently served as the education beat reporter. Before that, Kim was a fellow at The New York Times, and her stories included covering the summer 2020 protests after George Floyd's murder and the Atlanta-area spa shootings. She was a key player in the Times' coverage of the spa shootings, connecting with the community as well as the family members of the victims to show their stories. [Copyright 2025 NPR]
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The decision by the Defense Department comes as Guard deployments in Chicago and Portland have been stalled for weeks by the courts. -
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Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago. -
While courts have halted the use of troops in Portland and Chicago, operations are well underway in other cities. Most recently, the Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. has been extended through next February. -
Military experts say they also worry how these new deployments will affect recruitment and public trust. -
President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.
