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--:-- Noor Rahm: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm.
--:-- Noor Rahm: President Trump said today he'll send troops to Oregon to protect immigration facilities from protesters. He said he's directing officials to provide all necessary troops to what he described as war-ravaged Portland.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, does not appear to believe the president is acting to protect the city. The president has sent agents here to create chaos and riots in Portland, to induce a reaction, to induce protests, to induce conflicts. His goal is to make Portland look like what he's been describing it as.
--:-- Noor Rahm: A U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR the Pentagon has not issued a deployment order for troops to go to Portland and only heard of the president's request from the media.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Stocks lost ground this week despite some positive economic data.
--:-- Scott Horsley: NPR Scott Horsley reports 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. A report from the Commerce Department shows personal spending jumped more than half a percent in August. 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. 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.
--:-- Scott Horsley: 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.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Iran has recalled its ambassadors to Britain, France, and Germany over their moves to reinstate international sanctions over the regime's nuclear pursuits.
--:-- Terri Schultz: Terry Schultz reports sanctions are due to take effect this weekend.
--:-- Terri Schultz: The Iranian regime called the decision to restore U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran irresponsible.
--:-- Terri Schultz: A month ago, Britain, France, and Germany warned Iran snapback sanctions would apply if Tehran did not take steps to halt its nuclear program including the resumption of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency part of the 2015 deal under which Iran agreed to curtail its advancement.
--:-- Terri Schultz: President Trump pulled the U.S. out of that agreement in 2018.
--:-- Terri Schultz: China and Russia proposed an extension of the moratorium, but it failed to get support.
--:-- Terri Schultz: The sanctions include an embargo on conventional weapons, a global asset freeze, and travel bans on Iranian officials.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Officials in southern India say at least 36 people were killed in a stampede today.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Dozens more were hospitalized.
--:-- Noor Rahm: It happened at a rally for actor-turned-politician Vijay, who's campaigning ahead of state elections next year.
--:-- Noor Rahm: This is NPR News.
--:-- Noor Rahm: The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold an executive order that tries to restrict birthright citizenship.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Three lower courts had blocked the order since the 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen.
--:-- George Hale: Eight former death row prisoners have been transferred to the most restrictive facility in the U.S. prison system.
--:-- George Hale: As I report, President Biden had reduced their federal death sentences to life without parole.
--:-- George Hale: Trump blasted Biden's decision and ordered the Justice Department to house the prisoners under conditions reflecting the quote monstrosity of their crimes.
--:-- George Hale: Now the U.S. Prison Bureau is relocating eight of them to ADX Florence the harshest prison in the federal system.
--:-- George Hale: Attorneys argue the move amounts to collective punishment for Biden's decision, something none of the prisoners had any control over.
--:-- George Hale: Inmate location records show that of the eight men now at ADX, six were sentenced to death for killing fellow prisoners and guards in Texas and West Virginia.
--:-- George Hale: The eighth prisoner, Edward Fields, is a former Oklahoma prison guard.
--:-- George Hale: All were being held at a U.S. prison in Indiana where the first Trump administration carried out a record-breaking 13 executions.
--:-- Noor Rahm: For NPR News, I'm George Hale in Bloomington, Indiana.
--:-- Noor Rahm: A 10-foot statue of Tina Turner was unveiled today in Brownsville, Tennessee.
--:-- Noor Rahm: The rural community is where she grew up before becoming one of the most popular entertainers in the world.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Her hit songs include Private Dancer and What's Love Got to do with it.
--:-- Noor Rahm: Tina Turner had died in 2023 at the age of 83.
--:-- Noor Rahm: I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.
--:-- Noor Rahm: This week on Consider This, COVID, vaccines, Tylenol.
--:-- Noor Rahm: As the government makes massive changes in its approach to public health, we hear from doctors trying to keep up.
--:-- Noor Rahm: If you hear something and you have a question about it, that's the time to have a conversation with the person who knows your health best.
--:-- Noor Rahm: This week on Consider This on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
