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In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors. On our new show, Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people, helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Late last night, a federal judge in Oregon issued a seven.

second order blocking President Trump from deploying any National Guard troops to Oregon. It's the second ruling this weekend on the issue from the same judge, and it comes after Trump ordered troops from Oregon and California to deploy to Oregon. He's also ordered National Guard troops from Texas to go to Illinois. Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker is calling these deployments, quote, Trump's invasion. From member station W.B.B.E.Z in Chicago, Arice L. Gomez-Aldana reports Pritzkerp has resisted other demands by Trump. The governor also refused to activate Illinois National Guard troops, even after the White House gave him what he called an ultimatum,

saying, call up your troops or we will. And on Sunday, after learning about Trump's move to send Texas National Guard to Chicago, Pritzer called it, quote, madness and asked Texas Governor Greg Abbott to refuse. In the meantime, the U.S. Border Patrol agents have been patrolling downtown Chicago wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns and making arrests. Ocelli Gomez-Aldana reporting. Ballots for California's special election are being mailed out today. Voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that would let state officials redraw California's

congressional map ahead of elections this year. NPR's Ashley Lopez has more. Proposition 50 in California is a response to Texas lawmakers who redrew the state's congressional map recently to create five more favorable seats for Republicans. Texas lawmakers took on this effort at the request of President Trump, who wants Republicans to keep control of Congress next year. California Democrats led by Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to counter Texas' redistricting effort by creating five more favorable congressional seats for Democrats in the state.

But unlike Texas, California has an independent redistricting commission, so lawmakers have to ask voters for permission first to bypass the independent commission that voters in California approved in 2008 and 2010. Ashley Lopez, NPR News. The new parent company of CBS has hired Free Press, founder, Barry Weiss as the editor-in-chief of its news division. Skydance Media is also set to acquire her center-right news site known for its sharp criticism of the news media as liberal. NPR's David Fulkenflick reports.

In recent months, the former and new ownership of CBS have announced a series of moves, the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's late night show, which often satirized President Trump, paying Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a 60-minute interview of then-Vice President Kamala Harris last year, naming a conservative former think tank chief to be an ombudsman. Now, Barry Weiss arrives as a top executive. She is to work in partnership with CBS News President Tom Zabrowski. She has no experience in broadcast and is unlikely to direct logistics, but Weiss is to have the remit to reshape journalistic sensibilities at the network of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. David Fulkenflick and PR News. This is NPR.

This is day six of the federal government's shutdown. Republican and Democratic lawmakers are trading blame for the situation. Republicans are demanding that Democrats agree to a short-term spending bill to reopen the government. Democrats say Republicans need to first restore funding cut from federal health programs. President Trump is also blaming Democrats. He says he has started to lay off federal workers, although this hasn't been confirmed yet. The Israeli Foreign Ministry reports that activist Greta Toonberg and scores of others have been deported. Israel detained them as they tried to deliver aid to Gaza. Terry Schultz reports. Swedish foreign minister Maria Stenegarde

tells the TT News Service she's received reports that 22-year-old Greta Tunberg has been treated badly by Israeli personnel. Italian journalist Lorenzo Dugastino, who was held with Tunberg, says he saw it happen. She was humiliated and wrapped in an Israeli flag and exhibited like a trophy. I had the feeling of being in a really barbaric place. Denregard reminds Israel that, quote, need for food and water must be met, and that all those detained must be allowed to meet with a legal representative if they wish. Israel denies Tunberg has been mistreated.

For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists. They include Americans Mary Brunco and Fred Ramsdale, as well as Japan's Shimon Sakaguchi. The scientists are being honest. for work that explains why the immune system in the human body can protect it instead of hurting it. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.