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Live from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Israel has started a plan to allow some limited food distribution in Gaza. For nearly three months, it has cut off the UN and other relief groups from distributing aid in the Palestinian enclave. This week, thousands of Palestinians gathered to try to get some of the new food aid. But the process was mired in chaos. Three deaths were reported. Witnesses say people were shot by Israeli forces and others wounded.

Israel says one of its helicopters fired warning shots to break up large crowds. And Beers Aya Batraoui says the new aid process is chaotic. So again, unlike how the UN distributes food or used to distribute food in centers across Gaza with IDs and lists of families in need, the system had none of that. There were no screenings or lists and no clarity on who decides who gets the aid and who doesn't. And here's Eya Batraoui reporting. No aid is reaching northern Gaza. Several trucks intended for Gaza City yesterday were stopped.

Hungry crowds took food boxes directly off the aid trucks. In the U.S., a federal judge has struck down President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm WilmerHale. This marks the third time a court has permanently blocked one of Trump's executive orders punishing a big law firm. And Piers Ryan-Lucas has more. In his 73-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon

says that the cornerstone of the American justice system is an independent judiciary and an independent bar willing to tackle unpopular cases. For some 250 years, he says, no executive order had been issued challenging these fundamental rights, until now with President Trump's executive orders targeting several big law firms. That includes the executive order in this case, targeting the firm of Wilmer Hale. Now, Judge Leon has found that the firm of Wilmer Hale. Now Judge Leon has found that the order against Wilmer Hale is unconstitutional and has struck

it down in its entirety. The order follows two similar rulings earlier this month from two other federal judges, striking down Trump's orders, targeting two other prominent law firms. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington. The Senate is moving ahead with the massive tax cut and spending bill that was passed last week by the House of Representatives. Some critics of the bill say it does not do enough to address problems with finding child care in the U.S.

And Piers Windsor-Johnston has more. The measure preserves funding for key programs like Head Start and the Child Care and Development Block Grant, but offers no new spending, despite warnings that the system is under enormous strain. Julie Cashin is a senior fellow at the Century Foundation. Picture convenient options, no commute, no wait list. Imagine you have early educators with the resources they need to stay in the profession they love. The Century Foundation estimates more than 70,000 child care programs could close nationwide

as pandemic-era funding boosts expire. That could leave up to 3 million children without care. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington. You're listening to NPR News. Police in Philadelphia have not arrested anyone in the Memorial Day shooting that left two people dead and nine others wounded. Philadelphia Mayor Sherrell Parker says there are believed to be three shooters who were involved.

The city's police commissioner said earlier, Philadelphia authorities think one of the semi-automatic guns used in the shooting may have been modified with a switch that would allow it to fire like an automatic firearm. A Sherpa from Nepal has set an imposing record, and Piers Billchapel reports he has climbed Mount Everest for the 31st time. Kami Rita Sherpa first reached the peak of Mount Everest in 1994. He is now 55 years old and still leading teams of mountaineers to the top of the world's highest mountain.

Kamirita got to the top of Everest in the early morning hours, breaking his own record by standing at the peak for the 31st time. In some years Kamirita has completed two Everest climbs in a single season, but a new and different record was set last week when a younger Nepali Sherpa completed four climbs of Everest in just 15 days. Bill Chappell, NPR News. President Trump says he's pardoning a couple who aren't reality TV stars. Todd and Julie Chrisley starred in their show, Chrisley Knows Best, a show about their family

and lifestyle. They were convicted in 2022 of conspiring to defraud banks in the Atlanta area of more than $30 million. They were also convicted of hiding earnings while using their TV show to highlight their purchases of luxury cars, clothing, and high-end travel. President Trump has used the pardon power to pardon high-profile supporters.

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