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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Monday was a historic day in the Middle East. Palestinians welcomed released prisoners and the last of the living hostages held by Hamas were freed. NPR's Daniel Astin reports from Tel Aviv on reunions the 20 freed hostages had with their families.
Videos show the moments freed hostages first saw their families. The mother of 23-year-old Bar Cooperstein threw herself onto her son, reciting a Jewish prayer in tears. 32-year-old Avinatan Or returned from captivity and greeted his girlfriend, a former hostage, with a scream and kisses. Hamas said it was returning only a few of the deceased Israeli hostages' bodies today. Israel said a deliberate delay would violate the ceasefire deal. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
President Trump is back at the White House, arriving a short time ago after hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas. He spoke before the Israeli parliament on Monday and then flew to Egypt for a summit with foreign leaders. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said Trump's Middle East peace proposal represents the last chance for peace in the region. He also repeated his call for a two-state solution. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats can end the government shutdown at any time, calling their fight to extend the subsidies that help Americans pay for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act a boondoggle.
Pass the clean, no strings attached bill and reopen the government. We're on duty here and we can return quickly to legislative session.
What significant events occurred in the Middle East recently?
As soon as you turn the lights back on, Chuck Schumer.
Johnson said the shutdown could become the longest in history and he repeated that Republicans will not negotiate until Democrats reopen the government. The House remains out of session. The Senate returns to work today with a string of failed votes behind it. A one-time Democrat who became a Trump loyalist is running to be Georgia's top elections official. From member station WABE, Rahul Bali reports that Vernon Jones ran for Congress in 2022, repeating false claims about Georgia's election in 2020.
Vernon Jones is a longtime political figure in the Atlanta area, serving as the elected CEO of one of the state's biggest counties and as a Democratic state lawmaker. Jones became a Republican in 2021 and has been one of Trump's higher-profile black surrogates. In his campaign launch ad, Jones touts some of the same things Trump wants changed with elections and voting.
We need a Secretary of State who will fight for paper ballots, limit mail-in voting, and enforce strong voter ID laws.
Jones is looking to replace incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger, a key figure against Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. Raffensperger is running for governor.
You're listening to NPR News. Despite the government shutdown, it's a popular weekend for Acadia National Park in Maine. Even though much of the park's staff have been furloughed, Maine Public Radio's Caitlin Bedayan reports that crowds of visitors are undeterred.
The entrance to Acadia National Park at the Hulls Co. Visitor Center was packed this weekend, with people looking to enjoy the iconic fall foliage. With the ongoing shutdown, there's a mix of services still open to the public. But Eric Stiles with the nonprofit Friends of Acadia says that isn't stopping people from making the trip.
Turnout is really strong. So anecdotally looking at activities in the park, it would seem to be just as busy as Indigenous Peoples Day last year, which was the highest visitation in record.
But the park can't collect entrance fees, Stiles says, so Friends of Acadia has set up a fund for visitors to donate the fee instead, hoping to make up some of the lost revenue for the park. For NPR News, I'm Caitlin Bedayan in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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