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News Wrap: Trump orders troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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In our news wrap Saturday, Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland to protect it from what he called “domestic terrorists,” the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold restrictions the president wants to impose on birthright citizenship, and nearly 60 people were killed in Gaza overnight a day after Netanyahu told the U.N. that Israel must “finish the job” against Hamas. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In tonight's other headlines, President Trump says he's sending troops to Portland to protect it from what he called domestic terrorists.

0:07.9

In a social media post, the president said the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Knoem requested the forces.

0:14.5

Mr. Trump said he's giving the military authority to use full force, if necessary, to protect Oregon's war-ravaged largest city.

0:22.6

Demonstrations at Portland's ICE facility have become frequent, some of them escalating to violence.

0:28.5

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to uphold the restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship.

0:34.9

The administration says that lower court decisions blocking the executive

0:38.6

order the president signed on the first day of his second term are undermining our border

0:44.1

security and confers the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified

0:50.3

people. If the court does take the case, arguments probably wouldn't take place until

0:55.0

late winter or early spring. Palestinians fleeing Gaza City are trying to figure out where it's safe

1:01.2

for them to go. Nearly 60 people died overnight. Medical staff who set up tents to receive the

1:07.0

dead and wounded say some were killed by airstrikes and others were shot.

1:11.3

The IDF said it was not aware of anyone killed by gunfire in southern Gaza.

1:15.9

The strikes came a day after Prime Minister and Benjamin Netanyahu's fiery speech at the United Nations

1:21.2

in which he said Israel must finish the job against Hamas.

1:26.2

Still to come on PBS News Weekend,

1:28.3

the increasing popularity of egg freezing

1:30.7

is a way for women to delay starting a family,

1:33.7

and the iconic White House Rose Garden gets a makeover.

1:40.4

This is PBS News Weekend

1:42.6

from the David M. Rubenstein studio at WETA in Washington, home of the PBS News Hour, weeknights on PBS.

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