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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Koraa Coleman. President Trump will address the opening of the United Nations General Assembly today in New York. He'll also have a lot of side meetings. That includes a visit with eight leaders of mid-east countries, and he'll talk with European officials. Trump is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week as Russia continues to bomb Ukraine. The Trump administration is telling pregnant women not to use acetaminopin, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to avoid having children with autism. President Trump told pregnant women to just tough out any pain.

For this reason, they are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary. That's, for instance, in cases of extremely high fever, that you feel you can't tough it out. There is no clear scientific evidence for this move. Doctors groups and autism activists say one real risk for pregnant women is fever. and Tylenol has been used for decades to treat that. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued an emergency order. It allows President Trump to fire the last remaining Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, NPR's Nina Totenberg, reports. The court's action is technically temporary since the justices will hear arguments in the case in December.

But by allowing the firing of Rebecca Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission, the court seems all but certain to overturn a nearly century-old press. that barred presidents from firing members of bipartisan regulatory agencies except for bad conduct. Dissenting for the Court's three liberals, Justice Elena Kagan, noted that Congress enacted the bipartisan agency framework. She said the emergency docket should not be used, as it was here, to transfer government authority from Congress to the president and thus to reshape the nation's separation of powers. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

The Israeli military says a third military division of thousands of troops has returned to war in Gaza. NPR's AAB Betrari reports the Israeli military assault is forcing Gaza hospitals out of service. At least three hospitals in Gaza City say they've been forced to shut down since Monday due to Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes in the area. The Elrontisi Hospital is the only one in all of Gaza providing cancer treatment, dialysis, and specialized care to children. The hospital, which was carrying for more than 80 children, was bombed last week, damaging its water tanks and electricity. Israel's military did not respond to NPR's query on why it struck the hospital. Only two doctors and a nurse remain at Al Rantisi now, offering first aid, according to staff. The International Committee of the Red Cross says conditions at the hospitals still functioning in Gaza City are extreme.

It sent one of them some gauze medicine, along with 500 body bags to bury the dead. Ayyabatrawi, NPR News, Dubai. This is NPR. Network ABC is returning talk show host Jimmy Kimmel to the air tonight. He was polled after getting criticism over comments he made about Charlie Kirk's killing. Many critics on the right and left excoriated Kimmel's removal as a violation of free speech. Texas has adopted a new law on who can use what bathrooms in public spaces. Texas says starting in December, people can only use public restrooms that match their

sex assigned to birth. The Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey reports on the measure signed yesterday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The so-called bathroom bill applies to public schools, universities, prisons, and government buildings, and includes fines for violations. Governor Abbott posted a video of himself signing the bill saying it'll keep men out of women's restrooms. Proponents say it's meant to protect woman. But Ash Hall with the ACLU of Texas says the law is discriminatory and harmful to transnational. gender, non-binary, and intersex people. It's going to do that by causing what we call gender policing, which is where basically a complete stranger takes a look at you and decides internally whether or not you belong

in a sex segregated space and harasses you about it. Hall says a lawsuit isn't off the table. I'm Blaise Ganey in Austin. Danish police are investigating who flew two or three very large drones over Copenhagen airport last night for hours. These were so large they could not be shot down. Police said there were too many nearby passengers. Danish officials say it's a serious attack on critical infrastructure. This is NPR.