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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of a peace plan a day after the second anniversary of the war in Gaz. He says that means Hamas will release all remaining hostages and Israel will begin to withdraw troops from Gaza. In a statement on social media, Trump said this is the first step towards a, quote, strong, durable and everlasting peace. Israel has intercepted another flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza. The Israeli Foreign Ministry says 145 people were brought to shore for processing and are expected to be deported. Last week, nearly 450 activists, including climate advocate Greta Thunberg, were intercepted. Hundreds of National Guard troops have arrived in Illinois. President Trump threatened for weeks to send in the Guard over the objections of local officials. He says the move is necessary to combat what he calls out of control crime in the city and to protect immigration officers. He also says Illinois Governor J.B. pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be jailed for opposing his actions. As Mike Puente of member station WBEZ reports, ICE agents have been clashing with protesters.
Mike Puente (1:31)
There have been vastly conflicting stories in what's been happening with arrests by ice, with the Trump administration calling protesters rioters and protesters objecting to arrests. Some of the protests at the ICE facilities in another suburban area have flared into violence, with protesters videotaping incidents, which shows ICE escalating the violence as they're shooting rubber bullets into the crowds and spraying them with pepper spray.
Ryland Barton (1:57)
WBEZ's Mike Puente reporting the government shutdown is now in its eighth day with no sign of progress. On Capitol Hill today, the Senate again failed to pass either of two short term measures that would reopen the government. NPR's Sam Greenglass reports.
Sam Greenglass (2:12)
In the last week, the Senate has voted six times on the same pair of bills, one authored by Democrats, the other by Republicans. Neither has gotten the 60 votes needed to pass. And while a few senators are having informal talks about a path forward, there's no indication that the leadership on either side is willing to budge. Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska was among a bipartisan group of senators who shared a meal Tuesday night.