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In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people, helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay-Stevens. The U.S. is dispashing 200 troops to Israel to help monitor and implement the Gaza ceasefire. As NPR's Quill Lawrence reports, the troops will not be on the ground in the Gaza Strip. U.S. troops with expertise and logistics will set up a civilian military coordination center in Israel

to help with the expected flood of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The narrow strip of land has been subjected to intense bombardment for two years as the Israeli army sought to eliminate Hamas after the October 7th surprise attack on Israel. That initial attack killed more than 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians. The ensuing war has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry, also mostly civilians. In a social media post, the White House says troops under U.S. Central Command would coordinate with other nations in the region that would create an international stabilization force in Gaza

as outlined in President Trump's peace plan. Quill Lawrence NPR News. The Justice Department is indicted at the official who won a civil fraud case against the Trump Organization. And a five-page complaint, a federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James. At issue, NPR's Kerry Johnson reports, is a mortgage application that James completed five years ago. I'm told by a source, it's a single count of bank fraud. This follows a months-long investigation this year by prosecutors in Virginia, and this process was really unusual. A Republican prosecutor who had been leading the office concluded there was not enough

evidence to bring a case against his James, but then he was forced out of his job by the White House, and the woman who replaced him, Lindsay Halligan, has no experience as a prosecutor. Halligan is the person who presented the case to the grand jury today. NPR's Gary Johnson

reporting. The major political parties remain deeply divided on how to end the partial government shutdown. As NPR's Claudi Grisalis reports, the Republican-led Congress is spiraling deeper into a war of words. Congressional leaders have a now familiar daily shutdown routine on Capitol Hill.

Blame the other side for the gridlock. The Democrats own this shutdown and Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found. He's playing games with the American people. And now Republicans have shut down the government. That Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. They're fighting a daily messaging war with little signs of a breakthrough to end the shutdown. Senate Republicans want a handful of Democrats to sign off on their stopgap bill but won't agree to their demands. Democrats want an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies

to keep health premiums from spiking soon. Claud Reisales, NPR News. U.S. futures are virtually unchanged in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Thursday's losses. This is NPR. The United States is taking steps to rescue Argentina's failing economy. The Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says the U.S. has finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina's central bank. Besson says he is encouraged by the South American nation's focus on lowering taxes while increasing investment and job creation.

He says President Trump will meet with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Miele, next week. As the partial U.S. government shutdown disrupts flights at any air, Airports, Delta Airlines, is reporting third quarter profits of over $15 billion. From member station, W.A.B.E. Marlon Hyde has that story. The September quarter saw revenue rise by more than 4% year over year. Glenn Hounstein is the president of Delta Airlines. He says operations are running smoothly despite the federal shutdown. While we are monitoring potential impacts from the U.S. government shutdown, we have not seen a material effect to date.

Widespread flight delays are impacting some carriers, primarily due to staffing shortages among air traffic controllers working without pay. Delta says it does not expect the shutdown to have a significant effect unless it continues for an extended period. For NPR News, I'm Marlon Hyde in Atlanta. A Texas appeals court has blocked the execution of the first person in the U.S. to be convicted of murder linked to shaken baby syndrome. Robert Robertson was scheduled to die by lethal injection next week. He maintains his innocence and has gone. garnered support from lawmakers and celebrities. Robertson's attorney says that his infant daughter died from complications of pneumonia and not from violent shaking.

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