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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump flew from addressing Parliament in Israel to a hastily called summit in Egypt of more than 20 world leaders and heads of organizations to discuss Gaza. NPR's Jane Arraf has more. Trump spoke with what he noted were leaders of some of the world's wealthiest countries behind him at the Red Sea Resort of Sharmael-Sheikh.

He said the ceasefire that he helped broker between Israel and Hamas would not just end fighting in Gaza. The momentous breakthrough that we're here to celebrate tonight is more than the end of the war in Gaza. It's with God's help. It'll be the new beginning for an entire beautiful Middle East. He predicted that other Arab countries would soon join the United Arab Emirates and others

in normalizing relations with Israel. But that's a tall order for many of them, dealing with public rage over a war in Gaza that has killed what Gaza health authorities say, are at least 67,000 people. Jane Araf, NPR News, Amman. Earlier today, Hamas released 20 Israelis had been held hostage in Gaza

since the war began more than two years ago. Israel released Palestinian prisoners and detainees and is allowing the resumption of aid to Gaza. The federal government remains shut down with Congress unable to come to a deal to resume funding. In the meantime, some furloughed federal employees are spending their time, speaking out and finding ways to support each other.

NPR's Andrea Shoe reports. 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 Shue and PR News. The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded today.

Hans Elegren, the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, made the announcement. With one half, the prize goes to Juel Mokir, for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress and the other half jointly to Philippa Gion and Peter Howitt for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.

All three conducted research and how technology, new products and inventions can promote economic growth and human welfare. On Wall Street, just before the close, the Dow is up 587 points. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. States of emergency have been declared in New York and New Jersey. A powerful storm is pounding the region with strong winds and heavy rain.

The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning and air travel is being disrupted. A new social media toolkit offers early childhood care providers and parents tips on how to manage screen time for children five and under. The goal is to find ways to support. healthier screen use in children. NPR's Maria Godoy reports. The toolkit comes from the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. It offers practical tips to help parents, preschool educators, and other early child care providers set boundaries around screen time use, identify content worth kids' time, and cope with behavioral problems that might

arise. Here's Center co-director, Dr. Jenny Redeski. We want kids to build a relationship with media where they, their mind is going to be engaged. We don't want them on autopilot all the time when they're engaging with screens, just following a feed. She says she hopes to get families thinking, what would we rather be doing with our time than scrolling? Maria Godoy and PR News. When voters go to the polls in Nassau County, New York next month,

they'll be filling a seat in the county legislature. But the Democratic candidate has been missing since April. Pedro's Cromides hasn't been seen since he went swimming in Long Beach. Local Democrats tried to replace him on the ballot, but the Republican Party sued. Now some Democrats are urging people to vote for him anyway. I'm Nora Rahm. NPR News in Washington.