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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Trump says the White House will only cut away what he calls Democrat programs during the government shutdown, but he didn't specify just what those would be. His comments come as the shutdown is in its second week and neither party seems to be moving toward agreement. NPR's Deepa Shivram reports.
The administration has already halted some environment-related projects and has threatened layoffs, though they haven't taken place yet.
We'll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans, frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we'll give them a little taste of their own medicine.
At this White House cabinet meeting, Vice President Vance and other officials doubled down on blaming Democrats for not supporting a short-term spending resolution that would reopen the government. Democrats are demanding an extension of health care subsidies before agreeing to that resolution. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet has wrapped up a meeting about whether to approve a ceasefire deal with Hamas. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, the full cabinet is now due to discuss that same deal.
Israel's government must vote on the ceasefire before it can take effect, but there are sharp divisions with hard right-wing ministers denouncing the deal with Hamas. Under the agreement, Israel will begin pulling back its troops from parts of Gaza, but leaving about half in the territory. Once Israel pulls back, Hamas has 72 hours to release hostages. That's expected to begin on Sunday or Monday. There are 48 hostages remaining in Gaza. At least 28 are alive. It's expected to take longer to return the dead hostages, as many are under rubble from Israeli aerial bombardment over the past two years. An international team will help locate and recover the bodies. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
Texas National Guard members are now in place guarding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility outside Chicago. That's as courts in both Illinois and Oregon heard challenges to President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in either place, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.
A few dozen of the 200 total Texas National Guard troops are guarding that ICE facility. That's according to a U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly. The official says Guard members may also go on missions with immigration officials for protection, although the troops do not have the power to arrest. None of the Illinois National Guard has mobilized yet, although 300 have been federalized by Trump against the wishes of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. The troop activity comes as federal courtrooms in both Illinois and Oregon heard arguments from state lawyers saying that protests in both places did not justify Trump's deployments. Both cases have serious implications for the use of the military on U.S.
soil. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
Stocks finished down across the board today. The Dow closed down about a half a percent. You're listening to NPR News. The federal government is threatening to fire some air traffic controllers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a spike in absences is causing significant delays in air travel. And he says people who repeatedly fail to show up for work could be let go. It's the ninth day of the federal government shutdown, and staffing problems with controllers as well as TSA screeners are in large part to blame for the travel delays. The air traffic controllers and screeners are deemed critical workers, so are on the job without being paid. Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty.
As NPR's Jason DeRose reports, a Vatican document released today says the Church and the world must pay more attention to the poor.
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