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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. President Trump is calling D.C. a dangerous city and promising swift federal action to make it safe. In a post on social media, he compared his plans for the district to those taken. on the southern border. And Peers, Luke Garrett, has more. Trump posted photos of tents and trash along D.C. roads and said he will move homeless people far from the city and jail criminals. He said plans will be shared Monday morning. Nearly 450 federal officers have already been activated in D.C., according to a White House official

not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The deployment comes as Trump threatens to take federal control of the city after a former Doge employee was beaten by a group of teens last week. But D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser tells MSNBC violent crime in D.C. is dropping. We are not experiencing a spike in crime. Bowser says Trump can't take over D.C. police, as he has threatened to do, because crime is down 26 percent compared to last year. Trump does have the power to deploy the National Guard. So far, no troops have been sent, the Guard says. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.

Tens of thousands of Israelis protested a plan to call up more reservists to take over Gaza City and remaining slivers of central Gaza not yet fully occupied by Israel. But as M.P.R. Zaya Batrawe reports Israel's prime minister, who says he spoke to Trump about the plan, says expanding the war is how to free the hostages and dismantle Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel's military controls 75% of Gaza and will take control of all the territory. His plan approved by his security cabinet involves mass displacement. We will do so by first enabling the civilian population to safely leave the combat areas to designated safe zones.

In these safe zones, they'll be given ample food, water, and medical care. Israel faces international criticism over starvation in Gaza. Netanyahu did not provide details on the plan to forcibly move the territory's 2 million people, but says it could happen quickly. Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right members of his governing coalition, demanding he annexed Gaza and halt all aid. Ayabatrawi and Peer News. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he'll try again tomorrow,

get a quorum to vote on a redistricting plan that President Trump wants as a way to bolster chances of keeping control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterms. Abbott filed sued in the State Supreme Court saying some Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats after leaving the state who avoid giving Republicans a quorum. We have a situation where lawmakers are violating the law and Article 3 of the Texas Constitution where they are required to act on bills because they're violating the law. that constitutional mandate, that means they are not fulfilling their oath of office, and they can be removed from office in this legal action that I'm taking.

Speaking there on Fox News Sunday, meanwhile, California, Governor Gavin Newsom says he may also do a redistricting to ensure more democratic U.S. House seats in the midterms. This is NPR. Temperatures have spiked to dangerous levels across the west and the southwest this summer. A recent report is shedding light on the risks of extreme heat that are specific. to rural areas. From Amber Station KUNC in Denver, Ray Solomon has more. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study finds rural communities are among the most susceptible to heat risks. They have more hard-to-cooled housing, like mobile homes and vulnerable elderly and sick populations. Grace Wickerson is one of the researchers. They say the rural workforce is especially exposed.

Hundreds of rural counties are relying on outdoor tourism and natural resources industries. as well as various other outdoor workplaces, and so those folks are outside being exposed to heat during their workdays. The report from Headwaters, Economics, and the Federation of American Scientists calls for more investment in rural cooling and public health infrastructure. For NPR News, I'm Ray Solomon in Denver. Shipping gifts this holiday season could be a lot more expensive. The Postal Service wants to temporarily increase some of its shipping prices to help stabilize its finances. The proposed price hikes of close to 6% for certain shipping services would run from early October through mid-January. But it still has to be approved by the

Postal Regulatory Commission. The U.S. Postal Service, which is a financial supporter of NPR, says the temporary increases are part of its plan to become more financially sustainable. It's because fewer people and businesses are using the mail service compared to decades ago. This is NPR News. This message comes from WISE, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with WISE, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit WISE.com. T's and C's apply.