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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Well, protesters took to the streets of Chicago this weekend to demonstrate against President Trump's potential deployment of National Guard troops. The president posted a meme on social media, threatening Chicago with troops and deportations from member station WBEZ. Adriana Cardona McGeegoode reports. One statement on Trump's social media was directed at Chicago, rift off of a line from the the iconic Vietnam War movie Apocalypse Now, saying, quote, I love the smell of deportations in the morning. The post-shocked Chicago Priscilla Reed,

who says activists are making preparations. We're organizing to document detentions, report them, and do our best to defend people who are detained. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker replied on social media, media saying, quote, this is not a joke. This is not normal. For NPR News, I'm Adriana Cardona McGigad in Chicago. To Texas now where voter and civil rights organizations are seeking to block efforts by Governor Greg Abbott and State Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel 13 Democratic State representatives from office for their role in the summer's quorum break. Houston Public

India's Andrew Schneider reports. Abbot and Paxton have asked the Supreme Court of Texas to rule that the 13 Democratic lawmakers abandoned their offices by leaving the state during a special session. Sky Perryman heads the non-profit democracy forward, which filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of the civil rights groups. The actions that Governor Abbott has taken, the actions that can, Paxton has taken, they just, they have no basis in the Texas Constitution. More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled Texas in July to try to prevent the passage of Republican congressional redistricting plan. After Democrats returned, Republicans passed a map even more heavily tilted towards the GOP than first proposed. I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigua has decided to step down. Two months after his governing coalition lost its majority in the Upper House, the BBC's G. McKinsey reports. Tomorrow's vote over whether to elect a new leader of Japan's ruling party, two years ahead of schedule was effectively a vote of no confidence in Mr. Ashiba. His liberal democratic party has long been the dominant player in Japanese politics, but its popularity has sunk under Mr. Ashiba's leadership. In July's election, people frustrated by rising prices and low wages, turned to newer parties. Speaking at a press conference, Mr. Ashiba said he had done his duty, having helped secure lower tariffs with the US earlier this summer. The BBC's Gene McKenzie reporting. This is

NPR News. A fugitive who was the first born and raised American to be on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list will appear in a London courtroom tomorrow. Vicki Barker has more. Daniel Andrea San Diego is the FBI's prime suspect in a series of bombings in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003, for which two animal rights extremist groups claimed responsibility. No one was injured in the attacks, but investigators believe that was. down to luck. A double explosion at a biotech company near Oakland was apparently timed to target any first responders. And the second attack at a nutritional products company 30 miles east involved a nail bomb. San Diego vanished soon after and was finally found in a cottage in Wales last year. A five-day extradition hearing will determine whether he can be returned to the U.S. to face charges. For NPR News. I'm Vicki Barker in London. Two Flushing Meadows, New York, at Elysianic Center, will defend his U.S. Open tennis title today against Spain's Carlos Alcaras.

The two will play each other for the third Grand Slam final in a row. The men's championship follows a repeat victory in the women's final yesterday. And there is, Arena Sabalinka. The ESPN with the final call, the match is Arena Sabalinka won. her second U.S. Open women's title in a row, and her fourth major overall. She beat American Amanda and Isamova in the final. I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News from Washington.