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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. 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. The American Civil Liberties Union says the executive order is unconstitutional.
What executive order is President Trump seeking to have the Supreme Court settle?
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.
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.
Lawmakers face a deadline to pass legislation to keep the government funded past September 30th. The medical group Doctors Without Borders is suspending all of its operations in Gaza City, saying it has no choice as the group's facilities are surrounded by Israeli military forces. Impearsan Asbaba reports from Gaza City that the closure leaves hundreds of thousands of people with almost no access to health care.
Here, in Gaza City, the sound of sirens and Israeli artillery is nearly constant. Médecins Sans Frontières decided to suspend its operations here after the organization said Israeli forces moved within hundreds of meters of its clinics. That makes 28 health centers which have shut down or suspended operations in Gaza City this month. Among them, the only functioning pediatric hospital because of Israel's latest ground offensive there. MSF says its staff could no longer work safely or guarantee even basic treatment for patients with burns, trauma wounds or new bones in critical care. The organization is urgently calling for guarantees of safe access for humanitarian workers. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Trump at the White House on Monday. Stocks lost ground this week despite some positive economic data. And PR Scott Horsley reports that all of the major stock indexes ended the week in the red.
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. Spending on housing is still in a slump, though. Sales of existing homes fell in August, even as sales of new homes jumped. Mortgage rates inched up this week to an average of 6.3 percent on a 30-year loan. 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. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
And you're listening to NPR News. 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. The sanctions were lifted a decade ago as part of the 2015 nuclear deal that the first Trump administration pulled out of. France, Germany and the U.K. triggered the move when they accused Iran of failing to live up to its commitments. Hurricane Humberto is gaining intensity. The Atlantic storm strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm overnight with maximum sustained winds at 145 miles per hour. Hurricane located northeast of the northern Leeward Islands, it is not expected to cause direct impacts on the U.S.
mainland. But as NPR's Matt Bloom reports, officials are warning residents about a second disturbance that could.
The newer system is expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of the central and northwest Bahamas this weekend. 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. 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.
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