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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration's use of the National Guard for Immigration Enforcement in Southern California is illegal. The state had sued after the White House sent National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area this summer, saying the law prohibits military enforcement of domestic law. NPR's Jasmine Guards reports. Lawyers for the Trump administration argued the troops deployed to Los Angeles. were protecting federal immigration officers. But a judge has ruled the administration violated federal law when it ordered troops into the L.A. area. However, the judge did not require remaining troops to be withdrawn. The ruling comes as the Trump administration discusses deploying the National Guard to other Democratic-led cities.

Chicago, Baltimore, and New York have been named. The administration has already deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. They've been patrolling parts of the same. for nearly three weeks. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York. Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill today after their summer recess. One of the top priorities is passing a bill to keep the government funded before the

September 30th deadline. Democratic Senator Chris Coon says he expects a number of challenges, many tied to the Trump administration's policies. President Trump and his allies in Congress have already been shutting down whole parts of the government through rescissions. and now through unconstitutional and dangerous pocket rescissions. And in a rare show of bipartisanship, both parties are backing a bill that would require the Justice Department to release government files

on convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump says India has offered to reduce tariffs on U.S. goods to zero. NPR's Omkar Kandekar reports that Trump has often called India a tariff king for its high import duties. In a post on truth social, Trump said the U.S. India relationship was one-sided because India puts high import taxes on American goods. He said India had now offered to, quote, cut their tariffs to nothing, but it's getting late. New Delhi hasn't commented on Trump's remarks yet, but trade negotiations between the two countries have been stuck for more than a month over India's unwillingness to let American companies sell agriculture and dairy products. Last week, the White House double tariffs on India to 50 percent for what it said was punishment for importing Russian oil. Trump's remarks came soon after Indian Prime Minister Modi met with Russian President Putin

and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping at the SCO summit in China. Analysts see this as an attempt to unite against the U.S. Omkar-Kandekar, NPR News, Mumbai. Stocks are trading lower on Wall Street at this hour. The Dow Jones Industrial averages down 381 points. The NASDAQ composite down 282. This is NPR News. New data show President Trump's immigration policies are shrinking the nation's immigrant workforce.

Immigrants make up nearly 20 percent of the U.S. labor force, but after decades of steady growth, that population is now in decline. A new study by the Pew Research Center found more than 1.2 million immigrants left the workforce since January of this year. A new study finds that most of the money spent on cancer research lands in the wealthiest countries. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports the findings come emit a rising cancer rates worldwide. Low and middle-income countries account for more than half of new cancer patients and deaths globally. By 2050, cancer rates in these countries are expected to triple. Research into the basic biology of cancer and treatments could help lessen this toll, like it has in many wealthy. countries. But only 0.1% of the more than $50 billion in cancer research funding over the past

several years went to low-income countries. That's according to a new study published in the Lancet oncology. The researchers say this inequality limits the ability of lower-income countries to benefit from new treatments. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. The NFL is rolling out several rule changes this season, including a permanent tweak to kickoffs. Owners have voted to move touchbacks on kicks reaching the end zone from the 30 to the 35-yard line. It's a shift expected to keep more kicks in play and lead to more returns. On Wall Street, the Dow was down 403 points. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.