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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. The Trump administration says Hamas accepted its plan to release Israeli hostages ahead of tonight's deadline that President Trump imposed. And peers Luke Garrett reports talks continue on who will govern Gaza after the war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says nothing is guaranteed, but he celebrated President Trump's peace plan. Here's Rubio on Fox News. Hamas has accepted the entire construct of President Trump's proposal for releasing the hostages.

This plan has Hamas releasing all remaining 48 hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinians. Rubio says he is confident in this first phase, but the second portion, deciding who will govern Gaza after the war, that is still under negotiation. We've got a general outlines of it, and which Hamas is generally accepted, though not entirely. Some of it is going to have to be discussed moving back and forth. In Trump's 20-point plan, Hamas has no role in governing Gaza, and it allows for a Palestinian state. Luke Garrett and Pierre News, Washington. A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration over Department of Education

out-of-office email messages that blame Democrats for the government shutdown. And Pierre Shannon Bond reports the suit is the first challenge to the administration's unusual use of partisan messaging in government communications during the shutdown. Education Department staff say they were surprised to find their out-of-office messages changed without their consent to partisan rhetoric blaming Democrats. The lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Government employees argues that violates the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from compelling speech. Since the shutdown began, federal agencies have posted similar partisan messages on their websites and in emails. Legal experts say the Trump administration's use of official communications to hold congressional Democrats responsible for the shutdown may violate federal ethics laws. The Education Department replied to NPR's request for comment with the same out-of-office members. message. Shannon Bond and PR News. California's Governor Gavin Newsom says President Trump is

deploying members of his state's National Guard to Oregon. A day after a judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from sending Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, a city Trump calls war-ravaged. The city's mayor and the state's governors say, that's not true, and Newsom says he plans to sue. It's the latest state National Guard Trump has federalized or deployed, including Washington, D.C., and Illinois. Illinois, where Trump called up 300 guard members against the wishes of the state's governor. And Pierce Tom Bowman has more. Sending guard troops to protect ICE agents and other federal officers doing their jobs could run afoul of the law.

Already, federal judges in California and Oregon have said using guard troops in those states violates a 19th century law that bars federal troops from law enforcement duties. And Pierce Tom Bowman reporting. U.S. Futures contracts are trading higher at last check. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Former NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez is facing several charges after an alleged stabbing altercation in Indianapolis yesterday. The left him hospitalized with injuries.

Police say he got into a violent confrontation with a man over a parking situation. Sanchez was stabbed in the upper torso. Prosecutors say he's facing charges of battery resulting in injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle. He has a court hearing this week. Police in Montgomery, Alabama, say they're still searching for suspects in a late-night mass shooting that killed two people and injured others on a crowded downtown street. Troy Public Radio's Kyle Gassett reports large groups of visitors were in the city. Montgomery's police chief says the shooting, late Saturday night, was a result of two individuals firing at each other.

17-year-old Jeremiah Morse and 43-year-old Shalonda Williams were killed, and 12 others were wounded. Montgomery Mayor Stephen Reed says a $50,000 reward is being offered for information. We're not going to normalize this. We're going to do whatever we can, not only to arrest those responsible, we're going to do whatever we can to arrest those connected. On Saturday, Montgomery had numerous visitors in town for the Tuskegee University v. Morehouse College football game, Alabama State University's homecoming, and the Alabama National Fair. From NPR News, I'm Kyle Gassett in Montgomery. Critical Futures are trading higher at this hour up about eight-tenths of a percent at $61.37 a barrel.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News.