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Other news we\u2019re following today:<\/b><\/p>\n Get Starting Point<\/p>\n A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n Trump asks Supreme Court for emergency order to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid frozen \u2014 10:14 a.m.<\/p>\n By the Associated Press<\/p>\n The Republican administration filed its appeal Monday.<\/p>\n The crux of the legal fight is over nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved aid President Trump last month said he wouldn\u2019t spend, invoking disputed authority last used by a president roughly 50 years ago.<\/p>\n Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge last month that another $6.5 billion in aid would be spent before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n Last week, US District Judge Amir Ali ruled the administration\u2019s decision to withhold the funding was likely illegal.<\/p>\n South Koreans feel betrayed after hundreds detained in Georgia plant raid \u2014 9:54 a.m.<\/p>\n By the Associated Press<\/p>\n South Korea\u2019s foreign minister departed for the U.S. on Monday to finalize steps for the return of several hundred South Korean workers detained last week in a massive immigration raid in Georgia, as the incident caused confusion, shock and a sense of betrayal among many in the US-allied nation.<\/p>\n The Sept. 4 raid on a battery factory under construction at a sprawling Hyundai auto plant in Georgia led to the detainment of 475 workers, more than 300 them South Koreans. Some of them were shown being shackled around their hands, ankles and waists in video released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n South Korea announced Sunday the U.S. agreed to release the detained workers, saying it would send a charter plane to bring them home once final administrative steps are completed.<\/p>\n President Trump, who earlier backed the raid, said Sunday night that the US could work out an arrangement with South Korean workers to train US citizens to do work such as battery and computer manufacturing.<\/p>\n Potential federal intervention poses challenges for Chicago police on the ground \u2014 9:39 a.m.<\/p>\n By the Associated Press<\/p>\n For the Chicago Police Department, the challenge is acute. The force must preserve public safety in a city already under strain while avoiding the appearance of working hand-in-hand with federal immigration authorities, a stance that could erode community trust and ignite new protests.<\/p>\n The same balancing act has confronted other big-city departments in recent months. Local police in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., were drawn into fraught arrangements with federal agencies that experts say left residents wary and, at times, undermined public confidence in their police.<\/p>\n Now, Chicago finds itself on the same path, with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker objecting to any National Guard deployment and city officials bracing for how the added federal presence could reshape the dynamic on the ground. The outcome, policing experts warn, may determine whether Chicago police can maintain credibility in immigrant communities likely to be targeted by a president determined to show force.<\/p>\n Jury selection begins in the trial of the man accused of trying to assassinate Trump in Florida \u2014 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n By the Associated Press<\/p>\n The court has blocked off four weeks for the trial of Ryan Routh, but attorneys are expecting they\u2019ll need less time.<\/p>\n Jury selection is expected to take three days, with attorneys questioning three sets of 60 prospective jurors. They\u2019re trying to find 12 jurors and four alternates. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Thursday, and prosecutors will begin their case immediately after that.<\/p>\n US District Judge Aileen Cannon signed off in July on Routh\u2019s request to represent himself but said court-appointed attorneys need to remain as standby counsel. Cannon confirmed during a hearing last week that Routh would be dressed in professional business attire for the trial. She also explained to Routh that he would be allowed to use a podium while speaking to the jury or questioning witnesses, but he would not have free rein of the courtroom.<\/p>\n\n