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The deal was proposed by President Trump.

Hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin was involved in back-channel discussions.

He says he told Hamas negotiators they needed to get Trump's approval.

He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition.

Today is day 10 of the federal government shutdown.

Federal workers will go without pay, and that includes members of the U.S.

military, the National Guard, and Defense Department employees.

They'll miss their first paycheck next Wednesday.

NPR's Amy Held reports that now more military members need help to feed their families.

A federal grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on bank fraud charges.

James condemned the allegations as the, quote, NPR's Ryan Lucas reports President Trump pressured the Justice Department to prosecute James and other critics.

President Trump is expected to leave shortly for Walter Reed Military Medical Center.

He'll get his second physical this year.

The White House says it is routine.

Trump says that he feels fine.

This is NPR.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Committee says Machado has been tireless in promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela against dictatorship.

A U.S.

federal appeals court is weighing whether President Trump can deploy National Guard troops on the streets of Portland, Oregon.