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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What is the current status of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is largely holding, but President Trump says if Hamas fails to disarm, quote, we will disarm them. Disarmament was a key stipulation in the ceasefire agreement. NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports.
It's unclear how Trump would disarm Hamas and if it would involve U.S. personnel on the ground. Trump has said Hamas told him it would in fact disarm, though he later clarified that message was not directly to him but to White House officials.
We have told them we want disarm and they will disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.
But the president didn't put a timeline on disarmament. He says it has to happen in a reasonable period of time, quote, pretty quickly. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
Los Angeles County has declared a local state of emergency in response to the ongoing ICE raids. Supervisors say it's the first of its kind in response to the federal immigration crackdown. Destiny Torres of member station LAist reports.
L.A. County is home to some 950,000 immigrants without legal status. Supervisors say immigration raids have destabilized neighborhoods and created a climate of fear. Local state of emergencies are typically designated after natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, and fires, as well as crises like homelessness.
The declaration allows the county to seek financial aid from the state, expedite contracting, and possibly consider an eviction moratorium. Some business advocates were concerned about the move, saying a moratorium could destabilize housing if passed as a result. The declaration remains in place until the board moves to end it. For NPR News, I'm Destiny Torres in Los Angeles.
About 600 workers at the CDC were fired over the long weekend as part of wider plans by the Trump administration to slash the size of the federal workforce during the government shutdown. NPR's Ping Huang reports.
More than 1,300 CDC workers were notified late Friday that they had lost their jobs. The next day, more than half of them got emails revoking those notices. Erin Melton Backus was one of them. She's at the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, and it was the third time this year she's received a termination notice.
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