Judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland  —  A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in troops to protect what he calls a “war-ravaged” city.

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments  —  Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

Kavanaugh's attempted assassin to be sentenced Friday  —  The individual who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 will be sentenced Friday.  —  Federal prosecutors are seeking up to life imprisonment as the defendant, Sophie Roske, pushes for just eight years.

Dear Colleague: Update on the Republican Healthcare Crisis and Donald Trump's Shutdown  —  Dear Colleague:  —  I write in connection with the ongoing Republican healthcare crisis and Donald Trump's shutdown of the federal government.  Over the past four days, Republicans have made it clear …

Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East to Seal Hostage Release Deal  —  Palestinians continued to report explosions and deaths in Gaza, adding to uncertainty around President Trump's peace plan  —  President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt …

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest  —  An elderly couple says they were charged and knocked down by federal agents as they p eacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home.

Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the offer is a “strictly voluntary option to return home to their families.”  —  The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 …

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs  —  Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water  —  Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Damian Carrington in London

House GOP leaders urge unity in shutdown canceled-votes strategy  —  House Republican leaders urged unity in their shutdown fight against Democrats on a call with GOP members Saturday morning, with members on the call backing up Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) move to cancel previously-scheduled votes next week …

Trump Goon Spills Bonkers Plan to Deploy 82nd Airborne to Blue City  —  SIGNALGATE 2.0  —  A senior White House aide's messages were shared with a newspaper after he used Signal in a crowded public place.  —  A senior White House official accidentally disclosed that the Trump administration …

The Wisdom of SecDef Douchenozzle  —  The military reviews Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech … Robert McTague  —  Hegseth comes across as a bit of a car salesman (or, as The Bulwark opined, like Tom Cruise's motivational speaker character in Magnolia), but I don't have that big of an issue with that.

ADL split marks FBI shift away from targeting right-wing violence, scholars say  —  The FBI's split with the Anti-Defamation League this week is the latest evidence that the Trump administration is moving away from targeting hate groups in favor of investigating what it deems left-wing violence, scholars told Axios.

Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls  —  Broadview village officials sent a strong message to the feds this week.  They do not want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operating its detention center in their town.  —  On Thursday, Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills …

Stephen Miller accused of ‘incitement to violence against judges’ with new ‘purge’ comment  —  U.S. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Saturday was accused of “incitement to violence against judges.”  —  Miller, who has been accused of making his subordinates cry at work …