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Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Dave Mattingly. Congress is hours away from a government shutdown. Lawmakers have until late tonight to pass a spending bill to keep the federal government funded and operating. Congressional leaders met with President Trump at the White House yesterday with Democrats and Republicans saying there was no agreement reached. Republicans are proposing to fund the government at current levels for another seven weeks to allow time to pass appropriations. bills. Democrats want money added to extend health care provisions that are due to expire this year. The leaders of Britain and Germany are among those applauding President Trump's latest proposal to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Trump outlined the 20-point proposal yesterday at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NPR's Tamara Keith has more. The plan calls for the release of the hostages, demilitarization of Gaza, and rebuilding overseen by a board of peace led by Trump. We're right there. We're right there at first time in thousands of years, I think, you can

probably say if you really look into it. Trump said he has the backing of leaders in the region and, quote, I'm hearing that Hamas wants to get this done. Israel would have my fallback into finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas. But I hope that we're going to have have a deal for peace. Netanyahu offered qualified support. Tamara Keith, NPR News. President Trump is expected at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia today, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegset has summoned hundreds of top U.S. military admirals and generals. The administration has released few details about the focus of the meeting. Authorities in Michigan say everyone has been accounted for following Sunday's deadly attack at a church northwest of Detroit. A gun

and crashed his pickup into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blank before opening fire and then setting the building ablaze. Four people were killed and at least eight others were injured. Responding officers killed the suspect there, as Alex McClennon with member station WDET reports. The suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed at the scene. He was a Marine veteran who law enforcement say had been arrested in the past for burglary and operating well intoxicated. FBI acting special agent in charge, Ruben Coleman,

says investigators are still working to determine a motive. Local partners have interviewed over 100 victims and witnesses to date and are continuing to interview individuals as we speak. The FBI says it's investigating the attack on the Mormon congregation as an act of targeted violence. For NPR News, I'm Alex McClellan in Detroit. Wall Street futures are lower this morning. This is NPR News.

A group of psychiatrists is calling for the removal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, they accuse Kennedy of threatening Americans' access to mental health and addiction care. The group called the Committee to Protect Public Mental Health says Secretary Kennedy has hurt the federal government's ability to respond to the mental health and addiction crises by making major staffing and funding cuts to the federal mental health. agency. Dr. Eric Ruffla Yuan is a psychiatrist based in San Diego and a member of the group. It's very important to not miss is that RFK Jr. has been very focused in its attacks against psychiatric medication, which millions of Americans rely on. And so this includes for ADHD, for depression, for anxiety, for schizophrenia. He says these medications have measurable impacts on people's well-being and functioning. Read the Chateji and Pierre News.

Prosecutors in New York are urging a federal judge to sentence music mogul Sean Diddy Combs to more than 11 years in prison as a result of his July conviction on charges related to prostitution. Formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday of this week. The defense is seeking no more than 14 months in prison for Combs. Prosecutors filed their sentencing recommendation early this morning. A jury acquitted Combs of the more serious charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and the jury. sex trafficking at his trial. Hurricane Umberto and Tropical Storm Mimelda continue moving away from the east coast of the U.S. and the Atlantic. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News, in Washington. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money

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