National Guard Portland, Gaza Talks In Egypt, SCOTUS Term Begins

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🗓️ 6 October 2025

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A federal judge issues a late night order to stop President Trump’s latest attempt to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, warning the administration against efforts to get around court orders and the rule of law. In Egypt, Hamas and Israeli officials begin high-stakes talks that could end the war in Gaza and free dozens of hostages. And as the Supreme Court opens a new term, justices will take on major cases testing presidential power, birthright citizenship, and voting rights.

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0:00.0	A federal judge blocked President Trump from deploying any National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.
0:07.7	The judge stopped the administration from sidestepping an earlier decision by bringing troops from other states.
0:13.8	I'm Michelle Martin. I'm here with Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.7	A USP's proposal led to new talks this week aiming to end the war in government. First from NPR News.
0:25.2	A US peace proposal led to new talks this week aiming to end the war in Gaza.
0:29.8	We will know very quickly whether Hamas is serious or not by how these technical talks go in terms of the logistics.
0:31.0	You heard Marco Rubio refer to technical talks.
0:33.7	Hamas is expected to demand larger concessions from Israel.
0:36.9	Also, the Supreme Court opens a new term.
0:38.9	The conservative majority delivered many temporary victories to President Trump,
0:42.9	and now justices consider whether to make those rulings permanent.
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1:25.3	A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Oregon.
1:30.1	This second ruling from the same judge responds to an administration effort to send troops in from out of state. The drama is just one of the administration's efforts over the weekend to deploy
1:34.7	troops into American cities. And Paris, Joe Hernandez is here to tell us more about this. Good morning,
1:39.0	Joe. Good morning. So first, could you just bring us up to date on this legal back and forth over sending
1:43.4	National Guard to Portland? Yeah, so the Trump administration us up to date on this legal back and forth over sending National Guard to Portland?
1:45.2	Yeah, so the Trump administration first tried to federalize the Oregon National Guard, which a judge temporarily blocked over the weekend.
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