Dave Mattingly

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

President Trump is backing away from his Thanksgiving deadline for Ukraine to agree to his latest peace proposal as talks continue to try to end Russia's war with Kiev.

The president was asked about the ongoing negotiations yesterday as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One.

The president's original 28-point proposal has since been whittled down after talks with Kiev.

Trump says he's sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump also shrugged off a report from Bloomberg that Witkoff had coached the Russians on how to approach the negotiations.

The president called that a standard aspect of dealmaking.

Amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the U.N.

is warning of the dangers from thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance in Gaza.

NPR's Anas Baba says two years of Israeli bombardment continue to injure and kill civilians.

A special congressional election in Tennessee is now less than a week away.

Mariana Bacayau with member station WPLN says the district is a Republican stronghold.

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Wall Street is coming off a day of gains as investors grew more optimistic that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again at next month's policy meeting.

It followed a report from the government showing retail sales in the U.S.

slowed in September.

The Dow added 664 points yesterday, or more than 1.4%.

The Fed cut rates by a quarter point in September and October.

Authorities in New Zealand say a U.S.

citizen was one of two mountain climbers who died while scaling the country's tallest peak earlier this week.