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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
What is the current status of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza is largely holding, but President Trump, who brokered the agreement, says if Hamas fails to disarm, quote, we will disarm them, end quote. Disarmament was a key stipulation in the ceasefire agreement. Here's NPR's Deepa Shivaram.
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.
How is President Trump's approach impacting Argentina's political situation?
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.
The president hosted the president of Argentina, Javier Millay, today.
What new Pentagon press access policies are being implemented?
He says Argentina's election results would affect his administration's plans for a bailout package for the country, saying he will only support Millay. Trump compared the political fight in Argentina to the mayor's race in New York City. Without naming him, Trump called Democratic candidate Zoran Mamdani a communist and said he was, quote, down and dirty. Trump similarly said he would not support New York if Mamdani won the race in November. At the White House, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his new policy restricting press access to the Pentagon.
It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon, the most classified area in the world. Or also that if they sign onto the credentialing, they're not going to try to get soldiers to break the law by giving them classified information. So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President. We're trying to Make sure national security is respected and we're proud of the policy.
However, a number of major news organizations, including NPR and Hegseth's former employer, Fox News, are declining to sign on to the Pentagon's new restrictions. Tomorrow marked the first federal payday missed since the start of the current government shutdown. Here's Colorado Public Radio's Dan Boyce.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers received a reduced paycheck last Friday.
How is the government shutdown affecting federal workers' pay?
Congress has voted to pay the military during shutdowns in previous years. President Trump has vowed to use Defense Department funding to do that again this time around. But it's unclear where that money would come from and if it can actually happen. Kay is a military spouse in Colorado Springs. She asked that we only use her first initial because she's afraid of retribution for speaking out.
There's a lot of panic. It starts to affect your mental health. It affects your stress levels. It affects the behavior at home, you know, as you start to worry about how are we going to pay these bills.
Kay says her family has enough savings to miss two pay periods. Others, she knows, aren't as lucky. For NPR News, I'm Dan Boyce in Colorado Springs.
This is NPR News. Grammy-winning artist D'Angelo has died. The revered R&B singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer. His family says D'Angelo leaves a legacy of extraordinarily moving music. One of the most notable moments was D'Angelo's video of How Does It Feel in 2000, which touched off conversations around sexuality and vulnerability and black male representation.
D'Angelo was 51 years old.
What legacy did Grammy-winning artist D'Angelo leave behind?
When it comes to reading, the nation's 3rd through 8th graders are still mired in a pandemic-era slump. According to new testing data, here's NPR's Corey Turner.
The data comes from NWEA, a K-12 testing and research organization, and its Spring 2025 MAP Growth Assessment, a suite of tests taken by millions of students in thousands of schools across the U.S.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:19
2
What is the current status of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?
0:19–0:57
3
How is President Trump's approach impacting Argentina's political situation?
0:57–1:16
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What new Pentagon press access policies are being implemented?
1:16–2:29
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How is the government shutdown affecting federal workers' pay?
2:29–3:55
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What legacy did Grammy-winning artist D'Angelo leave behind?
3:55–4:47
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What does the latest testing data reveal about student reading performance?
4:47–4:53