Good morning, it’s Friday, October 3, 2025. A Portland judge weighs whether to block Trump’s National Guard deployment as the government shutdown leaves troops unpaid. The Air Force–Navy game will still go on. In Asia, Marines resume airfield construction in Okinawa, Lebanon gets $230 million in US aid, and Taiwan braces for Chinese moves ahead of National Day. In the Middle East, Hamas readies its response to Trump’s Gaza plan while Israel intercepts the last aid flotilla. Russia unleashes its biggest energy strike on Ukraine, Pakistan raids insurgents after a deadly Quetta bombing, and the Philippines pushes back on China’s Scarborough Shoal reserve plan.

—Portland Judge Weighs Emergency Order on Trump’s National Guard Deployment

A federal judge in Portland will hear arguments Friday o

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