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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. California's governor says President Trump has ordered 300 members of the state's National Guard to Oregon. From member station OPB, Joni Auden Land reports the decision comes after a federal judge blocked Trump from sending Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. On Saturday night, more than 100 California National Guard members landed in Oregon, says the state's governor, Tina Kotech. That same day, a federal judge had issued a restraining order, preventing Trump from deploying the Oregon National Guard. Judge Karen Immigate said the federal government lacked the justification to take control of the state's National Guard. Governor Kotech said in a statement that the Trump administration was attempting to circumvent the restraining order. Trump has repeatedly

described Portland as war ravaged by protests around the city's ICE detention facility. The governors of California and Oregon have promised to fight the deployment. For NPR News, I'm Joni Audenland in Portland, Oregon. Meanwhile, President Trump defended the National Guard's actions in Washington, D.C. You know what? We send in what's ever necessary. People don't care. They want it. They don't want crime in their cities. And we're doing it and we're doing it well. We're doing it like nobody's ever done it before. Trump made the comment at a celebration in Norfolk, Virginia, today for the Navy's 250th anniversary. As with other recent addresses to military members, Trump turned the speech.

into an impromptu rally, with songs including his typical YMCA telling the crowd, this is sort of a rally, this is a speech of love. The president was introduced by First Lady Melania Trump. The Supreme Court opens a new term tomorrow, and it promises to be enormously consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president. And here's Nina Totenberg reports. While the justices have allowed Trump to fire independent agency directors and to carry out race-based detention policies, those rulings were temporary, and many are now returning to the court for full evaluation. Then, too, there's the case challenging Trump's massive tariffs.

A federal appeals court ruled that Trump exceeded his statutory authority by relying on a 1970s statute that doesn't use the word tariff and has never been used to justify a tariff. In addition, coming soon is likely to be the unanswered question from last term. Did Trump exceed his authority when he issued an executive order, limiting a constitutional provision that guarantees full citizenship for every person born in the United States. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington. Negotiators from the United States, Israel, and Hamas are set to meet in Egypt tomorrow to discuss a U.S. proposal to end the war in Gaza.

Both Israel and Hamas say they accept the first phase of the peace plan, but much needs to be settled. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The family of a man who died in a July 4th flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas has filed a lawsuit against the RV Park where he was staying. Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton reports the family alleges negligence. Jeff Ramsey's family claims H-T-R-T-X Hill Country RV Park and Campground was negligent during the flood, causing the death of the 61-year-old who died alongside his wife, Tanya. The suit alleges the owners and U.S. operators of the campground knowingly placed guests in a high-risk flood area,

leaving the couple unable to escape their camper as the floodwaters rose. Ramsey's body has not been recovered. It's the latest legal action taken against entities along the hardest hit areas of the flood that left more than 130 people dead. In August, the parents of another victim at the RV Park filed a similar suit with several more families joining. Texas recently passed legislation that will require warning sirens in areas prone to flash floods. I'm Jerry Clayton in San Antonio. And in Nepal, heavy rainfall triggered landslides, lightning strikes, and flooding, leaving at least 44 people dead.

Entire villages were swept away in the eastern part of the country. The rain's been falling since Friday in the area, which borders India. The government has deployed helicopters for medical evacuations and ground troops to assist with relocations, but major highways remain closed and domestic flights were grounded yesterday because of poor visibility. This rain comes at the end of Nepal's monsoon season, which typically ends by mid-September. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.