What updates are there on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire situation?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Vice President J.D. Vance says the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza is holding. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports that's despite recent violence.
Over the weekend, Israel announced it had launched new strikes on Gaza, accusing Hamas of breaching the ceasefire. Hamas denied any involvement. Acknowledging the new violence, Vance accused some in the news media of having a, quote, desire to root for failure. There's this inclination to say, oh, this is the end of the ceasefire. This is the end of the peace plan. It's not the end.
It is, in fact, exactly how this is going to have to happen when you have people who hate each other, who have been fighting against each other for a very long time. Vance also said that if Hamas does not cooperate in the ceasefire process, they will be, quote, obliterated.
Vance was joined by Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, both of whom helped negotiate the ceasefire. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News. As the federal government shutdown stretches into its third week, more than 700,000 furloughed workers are missing paychecks. Jenny Abamu from member station WAMU reports from a food distribution line in Maryland.
Lines of federal workers waiting for food boxes wrapped around the grocery store and into the neighborhood. The county is home to more than 60,000 federal workers. Jay, a furloughed federal employee who only wanted to use his first name out of fear of losing his job, says he has a one and a five-year-old at home. Kids, they eat a lot. And then you try to get them stuff that's healthy as well.
It's a lot on the parents. This is the first in a series of food drives specifically for federal workers across the D.C. metro area. It started with 300 boxes for 150 families, but ran out halfway through distribution. Organizers say they're doubling the number of boxes for the rest of the week. For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu in Hyattsville, Maryland.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for Houston's Bush Airport due to staffing issues. An earlier ground stop for the city's Hobby Airport has been lifted. Air traffic controllers are among the federal employees working during the government shutdown without a guarantee that they'll be paid.
A man has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, the man was previously pardoned by President Trump after storming the Capitol. Court documents show Christopher Moynihan's arrest came after he allegedly texted that he planned to kill Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House.
He's scheduled to appear in a New York court on Thursday. His arrest comes amid rising threats to lawmakers. The Capitol Police say its agents are on track to work through roughly 14,000 threat assessment cases by the end of the year. It's a dramatic spike from case workloads in previous years. Barbara Sprint, NPR News, Washington.
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