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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump wants the Supreme Court to settle the dispute over his executive order that would limit birthright citizenship.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Trump administration is appealing lower court rulings and is urging the high court to take up the case in its new term that begins October 6th.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The American Civil Liberties Union says the executive order is unconstitutional.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Speaking to reporters before leaving the White House Friday for the Ryder Cup golf tournament, President Trump sought to blame Democrats if there is a government shutdown next week.
--:-- President Trump: Democrats want to shut it down. They want to shut it down because they want to give billions, ultimately trillions of dollars, to illegal migrants, people that came into our country illegally.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Lawmakers face a deadline to pass legislation to keep the government funded past September 30th.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The medical group Doctors Without Borders is suspending all of its operations in Gaza City saying it has no choice as the group facilities are surrounded by Israeli military forces.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: Here in Gaza City, the sound of sirens and Israeli artillery is nearly constant.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: Midsasson Frontier decided to suspend its operations here after the organization said Israeli forces moved within hundreds of meters of its clinics.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: That makes 28 health centers which have shut down or suspended operations in Gaza City this month.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: Among them, the only functioning pediatric hospital because of Israel's latest ground offensive there.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: MSF says its staff could no longer work safely or guarantee even basic treatment for patients with burns, trauma wounds or newborns in critical care.
--:-- Piers Anasbaba: The organization is urgently calling for guarantees of safe access for humanitarian workers.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Trump at the White House on Monday.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Stocks lost ground this week despite some positive economic data.
--:-- Scott Horsley: NPR reports that all of the major stock indexes ended the week in the red.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Consumer spending is the biggest driver of the U.S. economy and consumers have not stopped spending yet.
--:-- Scott Horsley: A report from the Commerce Department shows personal spending jumped more than half a percent in August.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Revised figures show spending in April, May, and June was also stronger than initially reported.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Spending on housing is still in a slump, though.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Sales of existing homes fell in August, even as sales of new homes jumped.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Mortgage rates inched up this week to an average of 6.3 percent on a 30-year loan.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For the week, the Dow slipped a tenth of a percent, the S&P 500 index fell a third of a percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped two-thirds of a percent.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And you're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program are set to be reimposed today after an effort by Russia and China to delay them failed in the Security Council.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The sanctions were lifted a decade ago as part of the 2015 nuclear deal that the first Trump administration pulled out of.
--:-- Giles Snyder: France, Germany, and the UK triggered the move when they accused Iran of failing to live up to its commitments.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Hurricane Umberto is gaining intensity.
--:-- Matt Bloom: The Atlantic storm strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm overnight with maximum sustained winds at 145 miles per hour.
--:-- Matt Bloom: Hurricane located northeast of the northern Leeward Islands it is not expected to cause direct impacts on the U.S. mainland.
--:-- Matt Bloom: But as NPR reports, officials are warning residents about a second disturbance that could.
--:-- Matt Bloom: The newer system is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the central and northwest Bahamas this weekend.
--:-- Matt Bloom: As it moves north, there's also an increasing threat of heavy rainfall early next week in coastal Georgia, the Carolinas, and southern Mid-Atlantic states.
--:-- Matt Bloom: While the exact track remains uncertain, the National Weather Service says the system is expected to be at or near hurricane intensity when it approaches the southeast U.S. coast, bringing dangerous storm surge and wind.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Officials are telling residents to plan ahead, and South Carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency in preparation.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Jimmy Kimmel blackout is over.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Kimmel's late-night show returned to ABC stations owned by Nexstar and Sinclair last night.
--:-- Giles Snyder: ABC owner Disney reinstated Kimmel earlier this week.
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