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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Israeli military has taken a group of international journalists into Gaza to observe the dividing line between Israeli occupied Gaza and the area where Gaza's population lives under Hamas control. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from inside Gaza for the first time after two years of war.
Daniel Estrin (0:42)
I feel like my heart sank just climbing up to the top of this mound of dirt, looking at this expanse of destruction, piles of cement, bombed out schools and homes. Israel, for its part, is active. The war is over, but it is still locating tunnel shafts, demolishing them and other infrastructure. And Hamas, for its side, is regrouping in Gaza. We are here accompanied by Israeli troops. But Israel, still more than two years after the war began, is not allowing journalists into Gaza independently to interview Palestinians and to see their lives up close. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Gaza.
Lakshmi Singh (1:27)
American voters care about the economy. Campaign messaging about affordability helped Democratic candidates outperform Republicans in the first major elections since President Trump returned to office. It also offers a playbook for the higher stakes midterm elections next year in some key outcomes Tuesday, Democrats won governor's races in New Jersey. And Virginia governor elect Abigail Spanberger is the first woman elected to Virginia's top office. On NPR's Morning Edition, she discussed her approach to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the Commonwealth.
Abigail Spanberger (2:01)
My approach will be when there is a warrant signed by a judge. Certainly law enforcement can and must work with federal agencies. That's how I always worked task force or joint issues. But I do not want local Virginia law enforcement doing the administrative actions of ice, particularly at a time when it drives so much federal fear and confusion within our communities.
Lakshmi Singh (2:25)
Democrats prevailed in three state Supreme Court contests in the swing state of Pennsylvania. They said yes to redrawing the congressional map in California to counteract Texas and other red states, doing the same at President Trump's bidding. In New York City, Zahran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who campaigned on affordability issues, was elected mayor. His progressive policies have made him a target of Republican campaign committees, which have begun launching new attack ads against a number of vulnerable congressional Democrats. In Maine, voters rejected a GOP backed measure that would have required people to show their identifications at the polls. Residents there also approved a red flag rule to make it easier to keep potentially dangerous people from accessing guns. From Washington, this is NPR News. In Colorado, voters approved a ballot measure raising taxes on higher earners to pay for food assistance. Here's KUNC's Lucas Brady Woods.