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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Korova Coleman, Israel says a special forces operation has recovered the bodies of two dual U.S.-Israeli citizens who had been held hostage in Gaza. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv. The Israeli military says it retrieved the bodies of Judy Weinstein Chagai, an Israeli who held U.S. and Canadian citizenship, and her husband Gad Chagai, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. The military says they were killed in southern Israel during the October 7, 2023 attack by the Mujahideen Brigades, a small militant group, and that their bodies were taken to

Gaza by the group. This leaves the bodies of two US Israeli citizens held in Gaza. In total, around 36 deceased hostages and about 20 living hostages remain held in Gaza. In total, around 36 deceased hostages and about 20 living hostages remain held in Gaza. Israel and the U.S. want a temporary ceasefire with Hamas and the release of half of the living and dead hostages. Hamas agrees but demands talks for a permanent end of the war. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Senators are working on the multi-trillion dollar tax cut and spending package backed

by President Trump, billionaire Elon Musk calls it an abomination and is demanding lawmakers reject it. Republican supporters say they'll work to make it pass. NPS' Claudia Grisales reports a nonpartisan office has finished totaling up the bill's effects. Yesterday the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office scored the current version of the bill that passed the House last month. They found it would add $2.4 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years. And they said the biggest driver of that is extending a tax cut program passed during

Trump's first term. It also includes dramatic cuts to Medicaid as part of a Republican effort to pay for this legislation. But the CBO says even as they force 11 million Americans to lose their health insurance, it falls way short of paying for the bill's price tag. NPR's Claudia Grisales reporting. The suspect in the fiery attack last weekend in Boulder appears in a Colorado courtroom today to face dozens of charges.

Fifteen people were hurt when they were hit with burning devices. Separately, a federal judge is temporarily halting the deportation of the suspect's family. From Colorado Public Radio, Kira Demare reports. The suspect's wife and five kids were detained by ICE on Tuesday. Eric Lee is the immigration attorney representing the family, and he likened the move to a style of intimidation found in Nazi Germany called family or collective punishment. The idea that the Trump administration can impose punishment on family members for the crimes, alleged crimes that they did not commit is an assault on the most basic democratic

rights of the entire American population. Lee said a line has to be drawn on who can be charged with a crime. Hearings on the family's deportation are next week. For NPR News, I'm Kiara Damari in Denver. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration must allow a group of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador a chance to challenge their removals. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled the Trump administration must provide the migrants

the chance to contest their deportations under a rarely used wartime power. He said they also must have the chance to prove they are not members of a notorious gang. Boasberg has given the administration a week to specify how the migrants can get their cases heard. Boasberg is the judge who had ordered the Trump administration to turn deportation flights around if they were violating his previous orders.

US Army helicopter flights around the Pentagon are suspended after two passenger jets were recently forced to abort their landings at a nearby airport. NPR's Joel Rose reports the head of the Federal Aviation Administration made that disclosure during testimony yesterday on Capitol Hill. Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rosciolo told a House Committee that the agency has barred the Army from training and routine transport flights around Reagan Washington National Airport. They're not flying right now. We've shut those down until such time as we're comfortable with kind of what we'll call new rules of the road.

Two passenger planes were forced to abort their landings in May because of a nearby army helicopter. That incident followed the deadly midair collision between a helicopter and a passenger jet in January. Separately, Rochello said the FAA is not currently considering whether to lift a production cap on Boeing's 737 MAX jets. The agency imposed the cap of 38 planes per month after a door plug panel blowout in 2024. Joel Rose, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.