What recent developments have occurred in the Gaza conflict?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Israeli cabinet has approved the first phase of a U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza. President Trump says he expects Israeli hostages to be freed Monday or Tuesday. and he may go to the region, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
At his cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was flanked by two key members of Trump's team, Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. President Trump says he's likely to travel on Sunday to Egypt and he's been invited to speak to the Israeli parliament. He says the hostages will likely be released early next week.
I think Monday is going to be a very big day, Monday, Tuesday, but it's going to be, depending on where you are, it's going to be a very big day. I think it's going to be a day of great celebration.
The ceasefire and hostage deal is just the first phase of his plan for Gaza. Other points still need to be negotiated. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
A grand jury has indicted New York Democratic Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. It's the latest case brought by federal prosecutors after Trump called on the Department of Justice to target his perceived political enemies. In a video statement released after the indictment, James denies charges as baseless.
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding. all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.
James sued Trump and his company for inflating the value of some of its properties, winning more than $450 million in a civil fraud case. At campaign rallies last year, Trump called for both James and the judge in that case to, quote, be arrested and punished accordingly. One popular national park has fully reopened this week, despite the federal government shutdown, which is now in its ninth day.
As Pierce Gentry with member station WUOT reports, local governments near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park came up with the money to keep it fully staffed.
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