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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is scheduled to meet tomorrow with top congressional leaders from both parties. The meeting will take place one day before the deadline to fund government operations are face a partial shutdown, as NPR's Claudia Grisalos reports.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: After President Trump canceled a meeting with Democratic leaders last week, he's now agreed to a new meeting. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are set to visit with the president.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: Democrats have said they need stopgap legislation to address Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire by year's end. Schumer and Jeffries said in a joint statement they are resolute in avoiding a shutdown while also addressing the rising health care prices.
--:-- Claudia Grisalos: Both said they want to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: Top officials in Oregon are pushing back against President Trump's announcement that he will send troops to Portland. On social media this weekend, Trump called Portland war-ravaged and said troops were necessary to protect immigration facilities from protesters.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Oregon's governor says Trump is abusing his authority.
--:-- Giles Snyder: UN sanctions on Iran have come into force for the first time since 2015. The sanctions include a ban on uranium enrichment and an arms embargo reimposed after Western powers accused Iran of not meeting its nuclear obligations.
--:-- Barry Caffrey: The sanctions coming just three months after Israel and the United States bombed Iran, ban dealings related to Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missiles program, but are also expected to have wider effects on its economy.
--:-- Barry Caffrey: The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, urged Tehran to accept direct talks and called on UN member states to immediately implement the sanctions.
--:-- Barry Caffrey: The British, French and German foreign ministers said in a joint statement that they would continue to seek a new diplomatic solution to ensure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In Charleston South Carolina Emergency Management Specialist Daniel Flassus is keeping tabs on a tropical depression that could strengthen into Tropical Storm Imelda later today and potentially a hurricane by Tuesday.
--:-- Daniel Flassus: Even though this has not formed yet, we are treating it as if we're expecting some kind of impact. Tropical Storm watches up along the southeast coast with the Caroliners preparing for potential impact.
--:-- Daniel Flassus: That storm currently dumping heavy rain over portions of eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. State of emergency also in effect in Arizona, where flooding devastated a rural mining town east of Phoenix. Four people were killed, and crews are searching for the missing.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And you're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Vietnam has suspended operations at four coastal airports and evacuated thousands of people. An intensifying typhoon is forecast to make landfall today. Heavy rain began drenching the region last night.
--:-- Giles Snyder: This storm is the second major storm to threaten Asia over the past week.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Board members of Iowa's largest school district have placed Superintendent Ian Roberts on paid leave. The Des Moines School Board met this weekend, a day after Roberts was arrested by federal immigration agents who say he was subject to a final removal order issued last year.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The school board says Roberts' arrest on Friday made for a jarring day but that the board still does not have all the facts.
--:-- Giles Snyder: England national team has won the Women Rugby World Cup final to beat in Canada this weekend 33-13. But as Vicki Barker reports from London, the real winner was women's rugby itself.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Fifteen years ago, the Women's Rugby World Cup final was played in a small stadium in front of just 13,000 spectators. On Saturday, a capacity crowd of close to 82,000 packed Twickenham Stadium, considered the home of English rugby, breaking all records for the women's sport.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Mo Hunt, who plays scrum half among the players, telling the BBC neither she nor her teammates could ever have imagined interest in their sport would hit this level.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Phrases like dream come true were used. A capacity crowd is also expected at the team's victory celebration on Sunday.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.
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