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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, I'm Jail Snyder. After the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and today's exchange of hostages and detainees, President Trump was in the Middle East today to take a victory lap, as MPR's Jane O'Raff reports. Trump was given a generally rapturous reception at the Israeli parliament,

where he was called the greatest friend Israel has had. From there, he flew to the Egyptian resort of Charmel Scheher to co-chair, a peace summit. He noted that the 20 or so world leaders standing behind him had agreed, to come on extremely short notice. As a dealmaker, he said peace in the Middle East would be the biggest deal of them all. If you do anything about deals, it's all I've done all my life is deals.

The greatest deals just sort of happen, and that's what happened right here. All was the businessman. He called on the wealthy countries who had come to the summit to fund Gaza's multi-billion dollar reconstruction. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Amman. Unresolved issues remain for the ceasefire

including Hamas disarmament and how Gaza should be governed. The federal government remains shut down with Congress unable to come to a deal to resume funding. NPR's Andrea Shue reports that some furloughed federal employees are finding ways to support each other. Charlotte Slaman works for the Federal Trade Commission and is a member of the National Treasury Employees Union. She says federal workers need to take care of each other right now, given what they've been through. seeing important work they've been doing denigrated or halted, being unable to do the jobs they were hired to do for the public. She spoke in her personal capacity. I want us to turn that pain into strength and action, and I want Congress to fight for us.

The White House continues to blame Democrats for the impasse. In a statement, spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the administration was encouraging Democrats to, quote, stop the pain and reopen the government. Andrea Shoe and PR News. California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed one of the first laws to require law enforcement agencies in the state to disclose whether and how they used AI to write police reports. Rachel Myro of Member Station KQED reports. State Senator Jesse Aragine of the San Francisco Bay Area said he's not opposed to law enforcement using AI.

He just wants transparency, accuracy, and accountability. for the courts and the public. Because this is the official report, a legal document which is so essential in criminal legal proceedings that could decide the fate and the freedom of people. While some law enforcement groups were opposed, Aragine said he amended the bill

to address their concerns, including adding a provision that says only the final police report will be considered an officer's official statement. For NPR News, I'm Rachel Myro. And you're listening to NPR News. Space X-Cat Monday night's test launch of its huge starship rocket with a splash down in the Indian Ocean. The test flight was Starship's second consecutive apparent success after a string of failures.

His latest test was aimed at demonstrating the vehicle's reusable design and its capacity to eventually take humans to the moon and Mars. Scientists say the answer to a 180-year-old mystery surrounding a penguin-like bird called the Great Hawk has been hiding. in plain sight at a museum in Cincinnati. Tanna Weingartner, a member station WVXU, explains. The last two great oaks were taxidermied and lost to time. Now Cincinnati Museum Center curator of zoology, Heather Ferrington says scientists using tissue saved during the taxidermy process and other records confirm a specimen at the museum is the last female ock. What they were trying to do was match soft tissues. They knew came from those two individuals to taxidermy mounts from museum collections around the world. And the male was found in a previous scientific study, but the

female was not. The discovery continues an odd tradition. The world's last passenger pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914 and was sent to the Smithsonian. Farrington says the last great auk will stay in Cincinnati. For NPR News, I'm Tanao Weingartner. soccer team is set to play in the World Cup for the first time. Cape Bird qualified Monday, securing one of nine automatic spots for Africa after beating Eswatini and finishing at the top of its African group qualifying. This is NPR News.