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President Trump says he may ask Elon Musk to help restore Internet service in Iran.
The regime in Tehran cut off Internet access as anti-government protests spread across the country.
Human rights activists say hundreds of demonstrators have been killed in the crackdown,
as NPR's John Riewicz reports.
Among other things,
Elon Musk is founder and owner of the aerospace company SpaceX, which runs Starlink.
It has a constellation of thousands of satellites orbiting Earth that provide high-speed satellite internet in areas where traditional broadband doesn't exist.
The protests in Iran began in late December over the collapse of the country's currency.
The demonstrations have spread and grown, but the government has been cracking down.
According to rights groups,
there have been thousands of arrests and hundreds of people killed in recent days.
The authorities have also shut down the internet.
although there are reports that some people are able to access it using Starlink.
John Rujic, NPR News.
The states of Minnesota and Illinois, as well as the city of Chicago,
are suing the Trump administration over its immigration enforcement actions.
Chicago's lawsuit argues federal immigration agents have been interrogating residents about their citizenship status without a reason to believe they're in the U.S.
illegally.
It cites arrests being made without a warrant or probable cause.