Today on the Playbook podcast, Oregon sues to block President Donald Trump from deploying

the National Guard to Portland. With less than 48 hours left until a government shutdown,

top congressional leaders prepare to meet with the president. Can they agree on an off-ramp?

And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House amid a new push for a ceasefire.

Hello, I'm Adam Wren.

And I'm Dasha Burns.

It is Monday, September 29th.

And this is the Playbook podcast.

Dasha, there's a lot of news, so let's get right to what's driving the day.

Let's do it.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced that he was ordering the Defense Department to send troops to Portland to use, quote, full force, unquote, to combat protests that he said were

interfering with immigration enforcement.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth then ordered 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to be

called into federal service for the next 60 days.

And last night, Oregon and its largest city, Portland, sued to block that from happening, calling it an

unconstitutional abuse of power. Dasha, there's a lot to unpack here. I'm curious, what are you

hearing from the White House? Should we just expect on a rolling basis every month or two to see

the White House look to a new progressive city to send the guard to.

I mean, either progressive or just city period, certainly progressive cities are a major target,

but he's also thrown in places like Memphis.

I do know from White House services I talk to that they've got a list of places that they are looking at.

So yeah, I think that's a pretty valid kind of expectation. I do think Portland is a particularly

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