Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The U.S. has a second phase of a ceasefire and Gaza is now beginning. The White House says this includes Gaza's demilitarization and a new Palestinian administration. NPR's Anas Baba has more from Gaza City.
Chapter 2: What updates are there on the ceasefire situation in Gaza?
On Gaza's streets, there is a feeling that the war hasn't actually ended and that the ceasefire is merely on paper. More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the past three months since President Trump declared the war over.
Abu Abd al-Rahman, like many Palestinians in Gaza today, is living in a makeshift tent with his wife and kids after their home was destroyed in Israeli airstrikes. He says their hopes for the first phase of the deal haven't materialized yet.
We hope that the aid will be given.
His family is freezing this winter with no proper shelter. He says he hopes the next phase will lead to Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, more aid and the start of reconstruction. Anas Babo, NPR News, Gaza.
Protesters have been clashing with police again in Minneapolis. The latest standoff came outside a federal building where police used tear gas and pepper balls to try to disperse the crowd. President Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell the protests. Senate Republicans have blocked an attempt by Democrats to protect funding for a large federal climate lab in Colorado.
NPR's Kirk Sigler reports that President Trump is planning to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
Colorado's Democratic senators, including Michael Bennett, tried unsuccessfully to add an amendment to the Senate Appropriations Bill. that would have protected funding for the massive NCAR lab in Boulder, which was founded in 1960 and today employs hundreds of scientists. Its research is credited with helping communities plan and adapt to catastrophic disasters like wildfires.
Senator Bennett, who's running for governor in Colorado, says President Trump is just punishing states that didn't vote for him. When it comes to NCAR, the president's effort at political retribution threatens the health and safety of communities everywhere. all across the country. The White House has called NCAR one of the largest sources of, quote, climate alarmism in the country.
Kirk Ziegler, NPR News. The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home has set off alarm bells among press advocates. NPR's David Fokenflik says the search was highly unusual but part of a pattern with the Trump administration.
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