Steve Inskeep

Israel and Hamas say a ceasefire is back on after a day of violence in Gaza.

Israel says Hamas shot its soldiers and Israel conducted a wave of airstrikes.

I'm Steve Inskeep with Leila Fadl and this is Up First from NPR News.

On day 20 of the government shutdown, the White House finds ways to pay some federal workers, easing pressure on Congress to act.

But how long can that last?

Israel blamed Hamas for an attack and launched an assault on Gaza.

Each side is accusing the other of violating the truce that was brokered by the United States.

We are still well short of history's longest federal shutdown, which was 35 days during President Trump's first term.

But there is a factor in this shutdown that makes it hard to see yet how it would end.

U.S.

forces have destroyed boats in open waters in what the U.S.

government describes as a counter-narcotics operation.

And I'm Steve Inskeep.

Thanks for joining us.

You can find more coverage of the stories we talked about today and lots more on NPR's Morning Edition, the radio program that Leila, Michelle, A, and I co-host.

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