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board of peace has given Hamas a formal proposal to lay down its weapons.
“The proposal calls for Hamas and all other militant groups and Gaza to decommission their”
weapons as NPR's Daniel Eschen reports from Jerusalem. The demilitarization proposal was handed over to Hamas last week.
That's according to a senior U.S. official, another official in the mid-East and a third
person briefed on the matter. They spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it publicly. Hamas official denied having received a proposal. One person briefed on the proposal called it a comprehensive framework for Hamas and all other armed groups and Gaza to decommission their weapons, so the new transitional Palestinian
leadership would be responsible for all weapons and Gaza. The person said if Hamas accepts the proposal, it would ensure large-scale reconstruction in Gaza and that Hamas is expected to respond to the proposal in about a week's time after the Muslim-eed holiday. Daniel Eschen and NPR news Jerusalem.
“This Senate is one step closer to confirming President Trump's new choice to run the Department”
of Homeland Security, Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin, as NPR's Elena Moore reports. The Senate Homeland Security Committee has voted to advance Mullins nomination with eight lawmakers voting for and seven against. Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the sole Democrat to vote yes, and the only Republican on the panel to vote no, committee chairman, Rand Paul of Kentucky.
During Mullins' committee hearing on Wednesday, Paul questioned whether he was the right person to lead DHS, zeroing in on Mullins' temperament, and frequent use of violent rhetoric. Mullin walked some of that rhetoric back and distanced himself from the administration on some hard-line immigration enforcement policies. Mullins' nomination now proceeds to the Senate floor for vote, but it's unclear when that
will happen. Elena Moore and PR news.
“TSA officers are still working unpaid through the now 33-day shutdown of the Department of”
Homeland Security. Those summer, calling in, sick, creating major lines outside airport terminals. Stocks fell again today following attacks on energy facilities in the Middle East. The Dow dropped nearly half a percent, as NPR's Roffield Non-Reports investors are worried that the war with Iran will lead to a global energy crisis.
The attacks on gas sites in Iran and Qatar are racing fears about the impact on energy supplies, prices for oil surged initially, although they eventually retreated a little, while all three major stock indexes fell for a second straight day. The Trump administration is trying to calm investors, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant, saying the US is considering lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil.
The problem is that investors are not seeing a clear path to end the war in Iran, and
the longer the war goes on, the bigger the consequences for the global economy, especially in terms of inflation, or if I'll know, in PR news. This is NPR News from Washington. Attorney General in eight states and direct TV are suing to block the merger of next star and its rival Tegna, the Democratic leaders argued that the creation of a broadcast behemoth
would result in higher prices for consumers, and further losses in the already struggling local news market. An auction of Arctic drilling rights on the nation's largest track to federal land broke records this week, totally nearly $164 million. Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports.
The government announced bids on more than a million acres in the national petroleum reserve
Alaska. Some bids were on land that had previously been off limits to protect Caribou, migrating birds, and the hunting rights of Arctic villagers, two environmental lawsuits are pending in federal court. Bidding was heavy near willow, conical philipses, mega drilling project already underway.
One Alaska economist says companies were more eager to bid now that national energy policy no longer promotes a transition away from fossil fuels. The administration also plans to lease sale this year to the east in the Arctic refuge for NPR news, I'm Liz Ruskin. The latest world happiness report found that Finland is the happiest land in the world
for the ninth year in a row, other Nordic countries like Iceland, Denmark and Sweden ranked in the top 10, the report also says that across the world heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in the well being among young people. It found that the effects are particularly worrying in teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe.
This is NPR News from Washington.
