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What recent developments occurred between Israel and Hezbollah?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronron. After a calm Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to scale back their fighting. As NPR's Hadil al-Shashi reports, the two leaders communicated with the Lebanon-based militia group through mediators after the fighting had escalated.
Israel ordered new evacuation orders of the southern suburbs of Beirut today ahead of possible airstrikes. Now, those are considered Hezbollah strongholds. And this comes a day after Israeli ground forces reached the deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years. Now, Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, also fired rockets into northern Israel.
President Trump this afternoon said on his social media site that he had spoken to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and via mediators to Hezbollah and that both had agreed to stop attacking each other. But there's been no confirmation yet by either side.
Monday, census workers were starting to knock on doors for a field test of the 2030 census in areas of Alabama and South Carolina. As NPR's Hansi Lawong reports, the test is also expected to involve postal service workers.
Households in parts of Huntsville, Alabama and Spartanburg, South Carolina, who haven't filled out an online survey yet, may get a knock at their door now through August. The Census Bureau says visits may take place during the day or evening as late as 9 p.m. local time. The Trump administration made last-minute changes to the 2026 census test to allow letter carriers from the U.S.
Postal Service to help conduct interviews. That's drawn skepticism from census watchers who cite a past study from the Government Accountability Office. It found using USPS workers would not be cost-effective. USPS is a financial supporter of NPR. Among other topics, the survey for the 2026 census test asked people about their U.S. citizenship status.
Research shows that's likely to hurt the accuracy of census numbers used to redistribute political representation and federal funding.
Local law enforcement in 11 U.S. cities are starting to make final preparations for the FIFA World Cups, which starts next week. As NPR's Martin Koste reports, tournament security officials are getting a lot of federal support.
The federal government has paid for anti-drone technology, training, and police overtime. And that's raised fears in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that this federal cooperation may also include ICE immigration enforcement. In Seattle, Police Chief Sean Barnes says he's confident that won't happen.
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