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Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. The world's leading authority on hunger has confirmed there's famine in northern Gaza, amid the war between Israel and Hamas. MPIRS Ruth Sherlock reports Israel rejects the findings, saying the report overlooks Israeli data on supplies of humanitarian aid. The part of the Israeli military that oversees aid, known as Kogat, claims the report by UN-backed experts is, quote, unprofessional. It says it ignores.

Israeli data on deliveries of aid into Gaza and overlooks a recent increase in food supplies by a US and Israeli-backed group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The Israeli position on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, though, remains at odds with leading aid groups. Over 100 aid organisations recently said increasingly restrictive Israeli regulation on their operations in Gaza is leaving millions of dollars' worth of food, medicine, water and shelter items stranded in warehouses. while Palestinians star of Ruth Sherlock, NPR News.

A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls crashed on an interstate highway today, killing at least five people and sending about two dozen others to the hospital. The accident happened near Pembroke, about 25 miles east of Buffalo. Police say the driver lost control, went into a median and ended up in a ditch. People inside were ejected as the windows shattered. The driver survived. The cause of the accident is under. investigation. President Trump and chipmaker Intel say the U.S. government is taking a 10% stake in the

company worth about $11 billion. As Pierce, John Rewich reports, the unusual deal marks an escalation in the Trump administration's efforts to bring cutting-edge chipmaking back to the U.S. Trump dialed up pressure on Intel CEO Lipu-Tan this month, saying he should resign after reports surfaced about his connections to Chinese companies. A few days later, Tan visited the White House. he came in wanting to keep his job and agreed to let the U.S. government take a 10% stake in the Santa Clara, California-based company. Intel says the government will not have board representation or other governance rights. The government's also agreed to vote with the company's board on matters that require shareholder approval with limited exceptions. On social media,

Trump called it a great deal for America and Intel and says building leading-edge semiconductors and chips, which is what Intel does, is fundamental to the future of our nation. John Rewich, NPR News, Washington. Kilmar Abrago-Garcia has been released from custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland. He was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March to a notorious mega prison before being brought back to the U.S. He's been in federal custody since then charged with human smuggling. His trial is scheduled for January of 2027. Wall Street sharply higher by the closing bell, the Dow up 846 points.

This is NPR News. The FBI searched the Maryland home in D.C. office of former Trump administration national security advisor John Bolton today. Bolton, who served in Trump's first term, later became a critic of President Trump. Trump says he didn't know anything about the FBI's actions today, but did say he's the country's chief law enforcement officer. And peers, Ryan Lucas has more. Traditionally, the Justice Department has been independent from the White House when it comes to investigations and prosecutions. And that's to make sure that decisions are not and do not. appear to be driven by politics. And so concerns about politics driving decisions now are not just

because of Bolton. I'll remind you that the Justice Department recently opened investigations into two other prominent Trump critics, California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James. And Piers Ryan Lucas. Millions of people in the Southwest are under heat warnings and what forecasters are calling the most intense heat wave of the summer for the region. And peers, Nate Roth, has more. It is dangerously hot in Southern California with temperatures nearing or over 100 degrees in many parts of the region. Public health officials are urging people to limit their activity outside and to drink lots of water, especially because temperatures are not dipping that much overnight.

Heat becomes increasingly dangerous for people when their bodies can't recover at night. It also raises the risk of extreme wildfire. Red flag fire warnings are in place for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Elevated temperatures are expected to last through the weekend. Nate Rot, NPR News. And some temperatures are already setting records in some parts of Southern California. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.