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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. A panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the Trump administration from using a wartime power to deport venezuelans from three states. As NPR's Jim and a Bastillo reports, that means the issue of President Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act could wind up back at the Supreme Court. The latest court decision blocks deportations with the use of the act from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Earlier this year, Trump invoked the 18th century wartime power to help streamly. deportations of Venezuelans, he says, are members of the Tren der Agua gang. Since then, the use of this power has attracted numerous legal challenges, including two prior Supreme Court decisions. But the High Court has yet to directly address the larger question of whether Trump's invocation

of the Alien Enemies Act at all was legal. This preliminary injunction can now be appealed by the Trump administration to settle that bigger question. Jimenez-Austio, MPR News, Washington. President Trump says he'll direct federal law enforcement intervention into Baltimore and Chicago. Well, we're going in. I didn't say when. We're going in. When you lose, look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing. I have an obligation. When we lose, when 20 people are killed over the last two and a half weeks. But the mayors of the city say they don't want federal intervention. Trump has already sent National Guard troops into Los Angeles and has kept them in Washington, D.C. All of the city's mayors are Democrats who are black Americans. Yesterday, a

federal judge ruled that Trump broke federal law by sending the National Guard to Los Angeles in June. This had followed days of protests against immigration raids. The judge ruled Trump's actions raise concerns that his administration is creating a national police force with the president as its chief. Two congressmen will hold a press conference this morning on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. They'll be joined by several women sexually assaulted by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some will tell their story. Their press conference comes as the lawmakers are pushing for the release of more files on the Epstein investigation. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports a House committee has started releasing thousands of pages from the case.

The Oversight Committee was in the middle of an investigation into the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. The committee's already received files subpoenaed from the Justice Department. But some lawmakers are pushing for more public access to the files. Democrat Ro Kana and Republican Thomas Massey are using a procedural maneuver in hopes of forcing a vote on the House floor that could compel the Justice Department to release the investigation files. Barbara Sprint and Peer News, the Capitol. President Trump says U.S. forces have destroyed a boat off Venezuela. He says it was carrying drugs. Trump has deployed U.S. warships off the Venezuelan coast. The Trump administration accuses Venezuela's president of leading a drug cartel.

He says the Trump administration is trying to oversee. throw that government. This is NPR. A federal judge in Texas is going to hear arguments today in a case involving aircraft maker Boeing. The Justice Department is seeking to drop conspiracy charges against the aircraft maker. This is in connection with two huge plane crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliner. 346 people were killed, some off Indonesia and more in Ethiopia. Relatives of the victims are trying to stop the Justice Department from dropping the charges. Officials in some Minnesota cities are urging Governor Tim Wals to call a special legislative session. They're calling for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons. The governor is considering a state response to the mass shooting that

killed two children at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. Minnesota Public Radio's Claymasters reports. The mayors of some of Minnesota's most populous cities are calling for a statewide ban on assault-style weapons. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Fry says if the state legislature doesn't pass a ban, it should let cities act. We see the aftermath and how communities are broken apart by gun violence. We have the ability to change, and so give us the authority to do it. Change the law that preempts cities from acting if you are not able to do it yourself. Democrats have slim control of state government here in Minnesota. Some Republicans in the state legislatures say city-by-city ordinances, would intrude on gun rights. For NPR News, I'm Claymasters in St. Paul.

Vice President Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance will be in Minneapolis today. They'll hold private meetings with victims of last week's church shooting and their families to pay respects. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.