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What recent developments are happening in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Tasked with keeping a fragile ceasefire in Gaza on track, a high level U.S. delegation is spending another day in Israel. Vice President J.D. Vance met today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NPR's Greg Myrie reports on the mission as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire brokered by President Trump nears two weeks.
Vice President Vance met Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Afterward, Vance told reporters, quote, We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas but rebuild Gaza. Vance is part of a high-profile U.S. team in Israel this week with the mission of extending the ceasefire to a more challenging second phase. U.S.
Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are also in Israel and have also held talks with the prime minister. Netanyahu is universally known in Israel as Bibi. The Israeli media is calling the visiting American contingent the Bibi-sitters. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
President Trump is asking the Department of Justice to pay him roughly $230 million for past federal investigations he was the subject of. That, according to reporting from The New York Times.
NPR's Elena Moore reports Trump has not explicitly confirmed the complaints. NPR has not independently confirmed the report, but when asked about it by reporters, Trump stopped short of affirming it.
But he did say the Justice Department, quote, probably owes me a lot of money and that he'd give any potential payment to charity or use it to keep restoring the White House. He also acknowledged the unusual nature of any potential payment from the DOJ.
That decision would have to go across my desk. And it's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. In other words, did you ever have one of those cases where... You have to decide how much you're paying yourself in damages. But I was damaged very greatly.
The report comes as critics of the White House have voiced concerns that Trump is using the agency for his own political and personal agenda.
Elena Moore, NPR News. Disappointing earnings reports are weighing on the stock market today.
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