NPR News: 10-04-2025 11PM EDT
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa Kautel. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes Hamas will return all remaining hostages by the end of an upcoming Jewish holiday on October 13th. As part of a proposal put forth by President Trump, Israel would then end the war. But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, there are still big questions remaining over the durability of any ceasefire.
The return of the hostages is the first step in a U.S. peace plan. Netanyahu said the second phase of a peace plan would see Hamas disarmed voluntarily or by force if needed, something Hamas has not explicitly agreed to. And at a weekly anti-war protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, regular demonstrators like Gabriela Goldschmidt worried negotiations would fall through again. Yes, there is hope, but it's a very cautious hope. because we don't know what kinds of tricks Netanyahu has in his pocket. And she fretted that her government would find a reason to end another ceasefire.
Emily Fang, NPR News, Tel Aviv. As a shutdown of the federal government enters its fourth day, an HR memo suggests NASA has furloughed many of its civilian workforce. Houston Public Media's Sarah Grunow reports.
The furlough plan targets more than 15,000 employees of the space agency, including more than 2,000 at Houston's Johnson Space Center, the majority of their total workforce. NASA employees who are furloughed will receive back pay at the end of the shutdown, but there's no indication when that might be. Space Center Houston, the visitor center of the Johnson Space Center, will remain open to guests through the shutdown. Workers there get paid because the center is a non-profit organization and not an entity of the Federal Space Agency.
What are the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas conflict?
The memo includes a short-term plan to temporarily seize most operations of the space agency. The International Space Station and Artemis program developments will continue throughout the shutdown. I'm Sarah Grunow in Houston.
A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland. Judge Karen Emmergut, who was appointed by Trump, said the government didn't meet the threshold for declaring recent ongoing protests outside an ICE facility in Portland, quote, a rebellion. The judge granted the city and the Oregon Department of Justice a temporary restraining order Saturday afternoon. Here's Portland Mayor Keith Wilson.
Put simply, we won through peace. And we've shown we can hold those who engage in violence or destruction accountable. I've said from the very beginning, the number of federal troops that are needed or wanted is zero.
The Trump administration could still appeal, as it has in similar cases across the country. You are listening to NPR News from New York. Just hours after Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker posted on social media that the administration's Department of War had sent him an ultimatum to, quote, call up your troops or we will, President Trump did so this afternoon, authorizing 300 National Guard troops to the state not long after Border Patrol agents in the Chicago neighborhood shot and injured a woman. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness that local leaders like Pritzker have refused to step in to quell. President Trump has authorized 300 National Guardsmen to protect federal officers and assets.
Several global health agencies are teaming up to issue new guidelines on how to respond to postpartum hemorrhage or excessive bleeding after childbirth. As NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel reports, this is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality globally.
Each year, millions of women experience postpartum hemorrhage, and 45,000 of them die from it. The new guidelines were issued by the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and the International Confederation of Midwives.
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