News Wrap: Trump orders troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’

John Yang:

In tonight's other headlines, President Trump says he's sending troops to Portland to protect it from what he called domestic terrorists. In a social media post, the president said the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem requested the forces. Mr. Trump said he's giving the military authority to use full force if necessary to protect Oregon's war ravaged largest city.

Demonstrations at Portland's ICE facility have become frequent, some of them escalating to violence.

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to uphold the restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship. The administration says that lower court decisions blocking the executive order the president signed on the first day of his second term are undermining our border security and confers the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people. If the court does take the case, arguments probably wouldn't take place until late winter or early spring.

Palestinians fleeing Gaza City are trying to figure out where it's safe for them to go. Nearly 60 people died overnight. Medical staff who set up tents to receive the dead and wounded say some were killed by airstrikes and others were shot. The IDF said it was not aware of anyone killed by gunfire in southern Gaza.

The strikes came a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fiery speech at the United Nations in which he said Israel must finish the job against Hamas.