Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What actions is President Trump taking regarding federal troops in Oregon?
President Trump says on social media that he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect ICE facilities there from, quote, Antifa and other domestic terrorists. But Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek, is pushing back. Any deployment would be an abuse of power and a misuse of federal troops. Saying there's no need for federal troops in Oregon, quote, stoking fear and creating conflict.
There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security and there is no need for military troops in our major city. The Pentagon says it's ready to send military troops to Oregon at Trump's direction. President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order, declaring children born to parents who are in the U.S.
illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens. Lower court judges so far have blocked Trump's order from taking effect anywhere, holding that it likely violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. More than three dozen former national park superintendents are pleading with the Trump administration to close all parks if there is a government shutdown.
And here's Kirk Siegler reports the Park Service kept some parks open during a government shutdown in the first Trump administration.
In a letter to the president's interior secretary, Doug Burgum, 40 retired superintendents at parks ranging from Denali to Big Bend to Shenandoah urged that all parks be closed if the Republican-controlled Congress can't pass a budget and there's a government shutdown.
They say past shutdowns, in which parks stayed open with a skeleton staff, resulted in increased vandalism and habitat destruction and other public safety risks. The Interior Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the possible shutdown comes amid a major strain facing America's national parks.
President Trump has cut about a quarter of the park's permanent staff, just as many reported record visitation this summer. Kirk Sigler, NPR News. Iran has recalled its ambassadors to Britain, France and Germany over their moves to reinstate international sanctions over the regime's nuclear pursuits.
Terry Schultz reports sanctions are due to take effect this weekend after a last-ditch effort by China and Russia to prevent them failed. The Iranian regime called the decision to restore U.N. Security Council sanctions against Tehran irresponsible.
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. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of that agreement in 2018.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Trump's birthright citizenship order?
Think snake, squirrel, get the idea, but not actual roadkill. Organizers say meat should be hunted or farmed. West Virginia tourism officials call it a celebration of regional flavors and resourcefulness that intrigues and satisfies. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News.